Who dotibts that, times without number, particular portions of Scripture find their way to the human soul as of embassies from on high, each with its own commission of comfort, of guidance, or of warning? What crisis, what trouble, what perplexity of life has failed or can fail to draw from this inexhaustible treasure-house its proper supply? Wh at profession, what position is not daily and hourly enriched by . these words which repetition never weakens, which carry with them now, as in the days of their first utterance, the freshness of youth and immortality? When"the solitary student opens all his heart to drink them in, they will reward his toil. And in forms yet more hidden and withdrawn, in the retirement of the chamber, in the stillness of the night-season, upon' the bed of sickness, and in the face of death, the Bible will be there, its several words how often winged with their several and special messages, to heal and 1,o soothe, to uplift .and to_ uphold, to invigorate and to stir. Nay, more, perhaps than this, amid the crowds of the court or the. forum or the street, or the market place, where every thought of every soul seems to be set upon the excitements of ambition or o.f: business or. of pleasure; there, too, even there, the still small voice of the liible will be heard, and the soul, aided by some blessed-word may find wings
A Series of Soul-Winning Studies.
"HOW TO PRESENT CHRIST TO MEN."
By Rev. Robert A. Hadden.
SECOND STUDY. I. THE SPIRITUAL QUALIFICATIONS
1. POSSESSION. The worker needs a consciousness of his position, possession and 1 power in'^Christ'Jesus; (1) ' Spiritual Life in Christ (Jno. 5:24; 2 Cor. 5:17; Eph, 2:1). (2) Sins Forgiven (Eph. 1:7; Rom. 5 :1). (3) Sonship with God (Jno. 1:12; Gal. 3:26; 4:6; Rom. 8:14-16), (4) Salvation Assured (2 Tim. 1:12; 1 Pet. 1:5). (5) Standing in Christ and therefore inherent, inalienable, invalu- a bk rights in Him (2 Cor. 5 :17; Eph. 1:3; 2 :5-6; 1 Cor. 1:30; Col. 2:10). 2. PRACTICE. Ln addition to a consciousness of possessions in r Christ, there must
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