heaven; and as the body
feeds on natural food, so the soul must feed on Christ.

If a drowning man sees a rope thrown out to rescue him he must lay
hold of it; and in order to do so he must let go everything else. If
a man is sick he must take the medicine--for simply looking at it
will not cure him. A knowledge of Christ will not help the inquirer,
unless he believes in Him, and takes hold of Him, as his only hope.
The bitten Israelites might have believed that the serpent was lifted
up; but unless they had looked they would not have lived (Num. xxi.
6-9).

I believe that a certain line of steamers will convey me across the
ocean, because I have tried it: but this will not help another man
who may want to go, unless he acts upon my knowledge. So a knowledge
of Christ does not help us unless we act upon it. That is what it is
to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. It is to act on what we believe.
As a man steps on board a steamer to cross the Atlantic, so we must
take Christ and make a commitment of our souls to Him; and He has
promised to keep all who put their trust in Him. To believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, is simply to take Him at His word.

CHAPTER IV.

_WORDS OF COUNSEL_.

"A bruised reed shall He not break."--Isaiah xlii. 3; Matt. xii. 20.

It is dangerous for those who are seeking salvation to lean upon the
experience of other people. Many are waiting for a repetition of the
experience of their grandfather or grandmother. I had a friend who
was converted in a field; and he thinks the whole town ought to go
down into that meadow and be converted. Another was converted under a
bridge; and he thinks that if any enquirer were to go there he would
find the Lord. The best thing for the anxious is to go right to the
Word of God. If there are any persons in the world to whom the Word
ought to be very precious it is those who are asking how to be saved.

For instance a man may say, "I have no strength." Let him turn to
Romans v. 6. "For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly." It is because we have no strength that
we need Christ. He has come to give strength to the weak.

Another may say, "I cannot see." Christ says, "I am the Light of the
world" (John viii. 12). He came, not only to give light, but "to open
the blind eyes" (Isa. xlii. 7).

Another may say, "I do not think a man can be saved all at once." A
person holding that view was in the Enquiry-room one nigh