mises to bestow it. Reader, if you are a believer, all this is true of you. I want you to think of what Jesus is to you, of what Jesus has for you. This will affect your heart, elevate your affections, and influence your life. We do not think of Jesus half enough. We do not exercise the confidence in Him we should. We do not expect from Him as we ought. We cannot say, "I live unto the Lord." Why not? Just because we allow our thoughts to grovel on earth, or centre in self, or be taken up with the things that perish in the using. If we lived at the cross-if we walked closely with God-if we realized eternity-if we enjoyed gospel liberty, our souls would be in a very different state, and our lives would bear a very different impress.

If Jesus is our friend what does He expect from us? This is an important question. Have you considered it much? Do you often consider it? My brother, my sister, let us ask now, "What does Jesus expect from me?" We owe everything to Him. But for Him we should now be miserable-we may have been lost for ever. He undertook our cause. He shed His blood for our ransom. He sent His Holy Spirit into our hearts. He put His blessed book into our hands. He went up to heaven to intercede on our behalf. He has placed us in a world inhabited by his enemies, by our sinful brethren and sisters. He has put the only means of their salvation into

our hands.
He is willing to use us to do
them good. What then does He expect of
us? Does He not expect that we should pity
them-sympathize with them-desire their
salvation-and try to do them good? Does
He not expect us to speak of Him to them,
to tell them of His love to us, His suitability
to them, and His willingness to do them good?
Must He not expect us to feel a deep inter-
est in them, and to manifest that interest P
Do you think He ever expected that we
should live in the same country, in the same
locality, in the same house, with sinners, and
allow them to live ignorant of Him, and sink
into hell without being warned of their dan-
ger, invited to His feet, and affectionately
pressed to seek salvation at His hands ?-that
we should speak to them on all common top-
ics, deal with them in a way of business, live
on neighbourly terms with them, and yet
manifest no more concern for their souls than
as if they had no souls? Could He expect
this of us? especially when we have often
pretended to be willing to do anything for
Him, to give anything to Him, and have
sung, as if we meant every word-

"Then will I tell to sinners round,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to His redeeming blood.
And say, Behold the way to God."

If Jesus had left us to ourselves to do just 'as we like, He would naturally have expected

that our love to Him would produce zeal for Him; and that natural sympathy for our fellow-immortals would induce us to speak of Him. But He has committed the education of the nations, of the whole world, to His people. "Go," said He, " and teach all nations." But have the nations been taught? They have not. Are they now being taught? One is almost ready to say, They are not. The harvest is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Have we taught all we could? We have not. Are we now teaching all we can? Let each one's conscience answer. To how many have we spoken, during the past month, with the express design of leading them to Jesus? To how many! How many tracts have we distributed? How many! How much time have we spent in intercessory prayer, pleading with God to pour out His Spirit, and so bring sinners to Himself? How much! Alas! alas! I fear we are guilty-guilty of gross ingratitude to our friend who is above -guilty of negligence, of cruelty toward those who are perishing in their sins.

Shall we go on as we have done? Shall we! What! and neglect our duty, slight our privileges, dishonour our Saviour, harden infidels, allow souls to perish without an effort, and leave Satan to lead captive sinners all around us at his will! Lord Jesus! convince us of our sin, cleanse us from blood-guiltiness, fill us with the love that glowed in thine own heart, and pour upon us such a measure of

the Spirit as shall produce a great, an immediate, an abiding change in us! Spirit of God! come down upon us, and burn up our selfishness, fill us with zeal for God, and tender sympathy with our poor perishing fellowsinners! Father of mercies! pardon the past, humble us deeply before thy throne at present, give us deep repentance, and let the future bear witness that we live unto the Lord!

Fellow-Christians !-AWAKE! the enemy is in the field, the enemy is in the church, the enemy is in the heart! ARISE! God calls upon you to arise, the cross of Jesus calls you to arise, the groans of lost souls call upon you to arise! To THE RESCUE! Launch the lifeboat, even Christ's glorious gospel; man it with choice, daring, determined spirits; push across the waves, cut through the winds, brave the storm; onward, onward, picking up poor shipwrecked, perishing immortals; nor rest until you bring it back laden with rescued ones, to present as trophies to your God and Saviour! Thousands! millions! hundreds of millions have perished already! Millions are perishing now, and there is no prospect of their escaping the fearful doom, except every Christian bestir himself, and all enter on the work! Remember, O remember, THE CAPTAIN OF SALVATION EXPECTS EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN TO DO HIS DUTY! MY SOUL, DO THINE!

THE WAY TO BE SAVED.

My dear reader, it is from tenderlove to your immortal soul, and with an earnest desire for your everlasting welfare, that this portion is presented to you. DO YOU EVER PRAY? if so, before you read it, lift up your heart to God, and ask him to make it a blessing to your soul. It treats of a subject which is infinitely important-a subject in which you are interested; and it is intended to render this subject so plain that you may clearly understand it. For unless you understand the truth, you cannot obey it; and unless obey the truth you cannot be sanctified by it; and without holiness NO MAN can see the Lord, or be happy for ever. Our subject is THE WAY OF SALVATION, or how sinners can be saved; and made happy and holy, first in this world, and then in the world to come : for what we are in time, we shall be to all eternity; death fixes our state, and renders a change for the better impossible, if we are found OUT OF CHRIST.

you

And, first, you must know that you are always spoken of in God's word, as A SINNER: that is, A REBEL against God. One who has broken his law-trampled upon his authority