!" What right have you to cut a verse in two, and
say you believe the one half, but not the other? It plainly says, that
he who believes "hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Why, if you believe
God's words, you can say, "I have passed from darkness into light."
Just by resting on that one little word in the present tense we may
have "assurance" now. We don't need to wait till we die, and till the
great day of judgment, to find it out.

"TAKE, TAKE!"

A lady in Glasgow came to me, and said, "Mr. Moody, you are always
saying 'Take, take!' Is there any place in the Bible where it says
'Take,' or is it only a word you use? I have been looking in the Bible
for it, but cannot see it." "Why," I said, "the Bible is sealed with
it; it is almost the last word in the Bible. 'And the Spirit and the
bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that
is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him _take_ the water of life
freely.'" "Well," she said, "I never saw that before. Is that all I
have to do?" "Yes, the Bible says so." And she took it, just there.
God says, "Let him take"; who can stop us if God says it? All the
devils in hell cannot hinder a poor soul from taking, if God says
"Take." My friends, are you going to "Take" to-night? Are you going to
let these precious meetings pass without getting Christ--without being
able to look up and say, "Christ is my Saviour, God is my Father,
heaven is my home"?

AN ANXIOUS INQUIRER.

A lady came to my house the other night, anxious about her soul; but
after some conversation she left, without finding peace. She came
again, and I asked, "What is the trouble?" "I haven't got peace." I
took her to this verse, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life" (John iii. 36). I just held up that little word "hath" to her,
and turned to John v. 24, and vi. 47. There these words were spoken by
Jesus, and they are all linked on to believing on the Son. After we
had talked for some time, she looked in my face earnestly, and said,
"I have got it!" and went away rejoicing in the Saviour's love.

If you seek life you can have it now, as you sit upon your seat. The
word "hath" occurs again in Isa. liii. 6: "All we like sheep have gone
astray;... and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all." Our
iniquity has been laid upon Christ, and the Lord is not going to
demand payment twice. "Who His own self bare ou