ght, on the shore of a lake, he awoke from
his slumber, and began to call upon God to save him. There, at the
midnight hour, this poor, wretched, forlorn object got victory over
his sin. The last time I met him he had been nine-and-a-half years a
sober man. From that memorable midnight hour, he said, he had never
had any desire to touch or taste strong drink. God had kept him all
those years. I am so thankful we have a Gospel that we can carry
into the home of the drunkard, and tell him that Christ will save
him. That is the very thing He came to do.

Bunyan represents the power of grace, as shown by its first offer to
the Jerusalem sinners, the murderers of Christ, thus: "Repent, every
one of you: be baptized, every one of you, in His name, for the
remission of sins; and you shall, every one of you, receive the Holy
Ghost."

"But I was one of those who plotted to take away His life. May I be
saved by Him?"

"Every one of you."

"But I was one of those who bore false witness against Him. Is there
grace for me?"

"For every one of you."

"But I was one of those who cried out, Crucify Him! crucify Him! and
who desired that Barrabas, the murderer, might live, rather than He.
What will become of me, think you?"

"I am to preach repentance and remission of sins to every one of
you."

"But I was one of those who did spit in His face when He stood
before His accusers; I also was one that mocked Him when, in
anguish, He hung bleeding on the tree. Is there room for me?"

"For every one of you."

"But I was one of those who, in His extremity, said, Give Him gall
and vinegar to drink! Why may I not expect the same when pain and
anguish are upon me?"

"Repent of these thy wickednesses; and here is remission of sins for
every one of you."

"But I railed on Him; I reviled Him; I hated Him; I rejoiced to see
Him mocked at by others. Can there be hope for me?"

"There is; for every one of you."

Oh, what a blessed "Every-one-of-you" is here! How willing was Peter
and the Lord Jesus by the ministry of Peter--to catch these
murderers with the word of the Gospel, that they might be monuments
of the grace of God!

Now it is a solemn fact that every one who receives the offer of the
Gospel can lock and bolt the door of his heart, and say to the Lord
Jesus Christ he refuses to let Him in. But it is also a blessed
truth that you can unlock that door and say to Him, "Welcome! thrice
welcome, Son of God, into this heart o