Salvation by Grace
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said C. H. Spurgeon, “give them the more of it.” Not what they want, but what they need we must supply. If the age is pleasure-loving, unbelieving, self-satisfied, the more call for faithful testimony as to the nature of sin, God’s attitude to wards it, and the terms on which He offers salvation. We must aim the more at heart and conscience. We must seek to arouse and even alarm the sinner, while we invite as woo- ingly as ever to the one Mediator. A full-orbed Gospel treats alike of abounding sin, and of much more abounding Grace. Surely Dr. Watts sang truly when he pictured the ran somed recounting their experiences of Grace: “Then all the chosen seed Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of His grace, And make His glories known.” To me it has been what the same poet calls “a drop of heaven,” to review God’s plan for my salvation, and to try to set it forth. Toward the stout ships that have carried me across the seas I have ever cherished a grateful feeling. How much more do I love the good ship of Grace that has borne me thus far on my way to the Fair Havens. An unusual opportunity was once offered me of viewing the vessel on which I was a passenger, before the voyage was quite com plete. After nearly three months in a sailing ship, we were greeted by a harbor tug, whose master doubtless hoped for the task of towing us into port. There was, however, a favorable breeze which, though light, promised to hold steady. So the tug’s services were declined. Anxious to earn an hon est penny, her master ranged alongside the clipper, and trans shipped such passengers as cared to get a view from another deck of the good ship that had brought them some fifteen thousand miles. You may be sure that I was one of these. A delightful experience it was to draw away from our floating home, to mark her graceful lines, her towering masts, her
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