dmiration,
Or feel a warmth of true devotion
Upon beholding this creation.

All nature smiling sweet and tender,
Sun, moon and stars in wondrous splendor,
And mortal man, a bit of sod,
Reveals the handiwork of God.
Howe'er there is one work divine,
Excels all others of my rhyme,
The making of a world like this,
Sent circling through so vast a space;
Bright worlds above in glory streaming,
Can not compare with this remaining.
It claims all Heaven's admiration,
It moves all Hell to disputation,
Excels the glorious translation
Of Enoch from his brief probation
To higher plane of situation.
All that's been done in whole creation
Is naught, compared with man's salvation;
Saved from the scarlet stains of sin,
By power of God been born again;
Then by the Holy Spirit's power
Made pure in instantaneous hour.

Oh, new and wonderful creation,
Exceeds by far the old formation;
Sun, moon and stars and mountain's plane,
The dark and deep blue ocean's main,
Do not God's power so much display
As when he takes man's sins away.
Old things are gone, all things are new,
All heaven by faith is now in view;
And peace, sweet peace fills all the soul,
And rest, though stormy billows roll;
Such is man's happy situation
In this most wonderful salvation.

Chapter V. The Way From Sin To Perfect Salvation.

We have learned that sin entered this world and that all mankind have
sinned. We have also learned that Jesus came to save man from his sins.
Now the question may arise in the mind of some, what must I do to be
saved? We hope in this chapter to quote such scriptures as will plainly
teach you the way of salvation, or how to be fully saved, and also the
scriptures describing each experience.

Repentance.

The first step for the sinner is to repent. When on Pentecost men were
pricked in their hearts and cried, "What shall we do?" Peter answered,
"Repent." It is in accordance with God's plan of redemption, also with
nature and reason, that man should repent of his sins in order to receive
pardon. Repentance was the theme on which John preached in the wilderness
of Judea. It seems also to have been the first subject on which the Lord
preached. Mark 1:15. It is the will of God that men should repent of their
sins. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
s