iving up anything for him. Ah, what
a mistake some people make! They say, "I'd like to become a Christian
if I hadn't to give up so much." Just turn round and look at the other
side. You don't have to give up anything--you have simply to receive;
and when you have received Christ, everything else vanishes away
pretty quick. Christ fills you, so that you don't feel these things to
be worth a thought.

When a bride marries a man, it is generally love that prompts her. If
any one is here that really loves a man, is she thinking of how much
she will have to give up? No; that wouldn't be love. Love doesn't feed
upon itself, it feeds upon the person who is loved. So, my friends, it
is not by looking at what you will have to give up, but by looking at
what you will receive, that you will be enabled to accept the Saviour.

WHAT IS CHRIST TO YOU?

What is He willing to be to you, if you will have Him? Won't you be
made heirs of heaven, joint-heirs with Christ--to reign with Him for
ever and ever--to be His--to be with Him where He is--to be what He
is? Think, then, of what He is, and of what He gives. You don't need
to trouble yourselves at present about what you have to give up.
Receive Him, and all these things will appear utterly insignificant.

I used to think of what I would have to give up. I dearly loved many
of the pleasures of this earth; but now I'd as soon go out into your
streets and eat the dirt as do those things. God doesn't say, "Give up
this and that." He says, "Here is the Son of my bosom--receive Him."
When you do receive Him, everything else goes. Stop that talk about
giving up; let Christ save you, and all these things will go for
nothing.

Mark the words, "To as many as received Him, to them gave He power."
Now, my friends, will you go with this man? You have often heard about
Christ; you know as much about Him as any one on this platform
perhaps; but did you ever know a man or woman who regretted receiving
Him?

No man ever regretted receiving Christ; but I have heard of thousands
who have been followers of the devil, and have regretted it bitterly.
And I notice that it is always the most faithful followers of the
devil who are regretting it most.

TAKE JESUS.

My friends, accept my advice, and take Jesus with you when you leave
this hall. Remember, He is the gift of God offered to _whosoever_. You
belong to that class, don't you? Just take _Him_; that's the first
thing you have to do. When you