"Never mind, t h a t 's t he Bible of it. The Gospel does not say, 'He t h at feels a change of heart,' 'He t h at gets reli- gion,' 'He t h at feels his sins all stripped down f r om off his back," ' h a th everlast- ing life,' but t h at God h as given us eternal life,, t h at He tells us so, a nd t h at we mu st believe it, or we ma ke H im liar, as one testifying wh at is not true. It is written, 'Whosoever shall call on the n ame of the Lord shall be saved,' and you answer back, 'It is not for me.' Wo u l d n 't it be better to t a ke God at His word, and rejoice in His salvation?" " 'Deed, suh, deh's c umf o ht in dat. I never h u hd it like dat befoh, an' I t h a nk you foh dem wu h d s ," said t he barber in conclusion. deeply interested and said eagerly: "Tell me wh at I ought to say." "Believe on t he Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." " But suppose," she said, " he should answer, 'I don't know wh at t h at me a n s ?' " Th en I would give him mo re of t he words of God. Man's words are un- availing, but t he entrance of God's words give light. I would tell him t h at he mu st believe t h at 'all have sinned and , come s h o rt of t he glory of God,' t h at 'Christ Jesus came into t he world to save sinners'; t h at He died on t he cross, 'the just for t he u n j u st to bring us to " » God,' and t h at whosoever believes, on ¡^ Him (relies o n—t r u s ts Him to save) 'shall never perish b ut shall have ever- "<31 lasting life.' Believe this, I would say with great positiveness, and even in this eleventh hour, you shall be snatched as a b r a nd f r om t he b u r n i n g ." Af t er a pause t he young lady said with a new light in her eyes: "Wh y, I believe all t h a t ." "All w h a t ?" " T h at I a m a sinner and t h at Christ came to save sinners, and t h at He died for sinners." "An y t h i ng e l s e ?" "Yes," was the answer, with a quiv- e r i ng lip, " He died for me ." "Will you t h a nk H i m ?" "Of course I will, I never did before but I do now. I do n o w !" Conversation Lowe
Him a liar. Did you ever read t h at 'He t h at believeth not God h a th ma de H im a liar?' and God says t h at He has given us eternal l i f e ?" "Wa h He say d a t ? " asked the barber. " In I. J o hn 5:10, 11, t h e re it tells us t h at God has given it to us, and t h at he who does not believe t h at record ma k es God a liar. God says He gives it to 'you, a nd you say 'Lord, I do not believe t h a t, it ain't f or me.' You say, 'Lord, your word does not satisfy me. if you do not send an angel and strip all my sins down off my back, or open the heavens and send down a great glory, and speak to me, andateli me my sins are forgiven, I won't believe you." "I neveh h u hd like dat b e f o h ," said thè negro. A CHARMING young lady rose from t h e piano, and a Christian friend said, " T h a n ks for your music. You e n t e r t a in us delightfully. May I ask how it would be if you were called to serve some poor sinner in his sore extremity? " I don't quite u n d e r s t a nd you." "Well, suppose one with only a few mome n ts to live would cry out to tell him how to be saved. No minister or other Christian, we'll say, can be called in t ime: the soul mu st learn t he way f r om you or be lost, wh at would you tell h i m ? " " I am s u re I don't know. I am not a Christian. Why ask m e ? " " But t h i nk a moment. You have been going to church and Sunday school all your life, and have heard sermons a nd exhortations without number. You surely could t h i nk of something to tell h i m ." "Well I would tell him to pray." "Suppose now he h as but ten minutes to live, could you tell him t h at ten min- utes praying would certainly save his soul? Rememb er now one in such a condition mu st not waste time in mis- t a k e s ." "No; ten mi n u t es nor ten h o u rs pray- ing would not save him, unless he was real sorry for his sins." By this t i me t he young lady was A Parlor
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