s up so as to lend it about; I hope you
won't mind my having used them, and marked some papers. I hope D.V.
to see you Monday evening, and with kind regards.

Believe me yours sincerely in Christ,
C. G. GORDON."

Gordon was intensely and deeply religious; it was in him certainly "as a
well of water springing up into everlasting life." He could talk of
nothing else, in whatever company, it was the same theme--"Christ in you
the hope of glory." A favourite text of his was 1. John, chap. 4, ver.
15--"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth
in him, and he in God." This he took as a text for a little homily which
he printed and circulated by thousands. After the above head-line, in
special type, it ran thus:--"Reader! Do you confess that Jesus is the
Son of God? Do you believe in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God?
If you do then God dwells in you to-day. Whatever you are, whatever you
have been, or have done,--and if you ask Him, 'O Lord, I believe that
Jesus is the Son of God; show me, for His sake, that Thou livest in me.'
He will make you feel His presence in your hearts, and will make you feel
perfectly happy, which you cannot be in any other way. Many believe
sincerely that Jesus is the Son of God, but are not happy, because they
do not believe THAT which God tells them--that He lives in them both in
body and soul, transforming the whole man into the likeness of Jesus
Christ, if they confess Jesus to be His son. Do you believe this
statement? If you do, yet do not feel God's presence, ask Him to show
Himself to you, and He will surely do so."

After this homily, on the same tract, were the following passages of
Scripture:--

Luke, chap. 2, v. 13. "If ye then being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask."

Rom., chap. 10, v. 9. "If thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved."

I. Cor., chap. 3, v. 16. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you."

I. Cor., chap. 6, v. 19. "Know ye not that your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own."

II. Cor., chap. 6, v. 16. "Ye are the temple of the living God; as
God hath said, I will