all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

Grace says--Herein is love: not that we love God, but that He loved
us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

The Law speaks of what man must do for God.

Grace tells of what Christ has done for man.

The Law addresses man as part of the old creation.

Grace makes a man a member of the new creation.

The Law bears on a nature prone to disobedience.

Grace creates a nature inclined to obedience.

The Law demands obedience by the terror of the Lord.

Grace beseeches men by the mercies of God.

The Law demands holiness.

Grace gives holiness.

The Law says--Condemn him.

Grace says--Embrace him.

The Law speaks of priestly sacrifices offered year by year
continually, which could never make the comers thereunto perfect.

Grace says--But this _Man_, after he had offered _one_ sacrifice for
sins forever . . . by one offering hath perfected forever them that
are sanctified.

The Law declares--That as many as have sinned in the Law, shall be
judged by the Law.

Grace brings eternal peace to the troubled soul of every child of
God, and proclaims _God's_ salvation in defiance of the accusations
of the adversary. "He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment (condemnation), but is passed from death unto life."

"Whence to me this tranquil spirit--
Me all sinful as I am?
Is it thus descends the merit
Of the sin-atoning Lamb?
Grace, all power to deliver,
Gift of a Creative Giver,
Like a full, refreshing river,
Ever flowing.

Over all my course of sinning
Spread its waters without bound,
Cleansing, fertilizing, winning
For the Lord the barren ground.
Lavish from the heavenly treasure,
Fountains of a Father's pleasure,
All the marks of human measure
Overflowing.

Not my virtue or repenting
Earned the precious boon for me.
Thine, my Saviour, the relenting,
Thine the pangs which set me free--
Gift of grace beyond all knowing,
From the heart of Jesus flowing,
Ever flowing, overflowing,
Flowing freely."

CHAPTER VI.

GRACE FOR LIVING.

NOW we come to a very important part of our subject--Grace for
living. One of the saddest things in the present day is the fact
that so many professed Christians have no spiritual pow