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me not recall them oftener than is necessary to warn others who may he inclined to pursue the same fatuous pathway. What was the sequel? Some of my Christian friends pointed me to Jesus Christ, and assured me that they knew by experience that He was worthy of all confidence. I went to Christ. I said, “ I will trust Thee, O Christ, if Thou wilt give the assurance of truth! ” And He did not fool me? He did not disappoint me! I found His promises yea and amen to every one that believeth. My friend, if you have ¿ever tried Him, try Him now. “O taste and see that the Lord is good.’’?^ Faith Transfigures There is still another count in favor of Christian faith: it transfigures life and character; it makes people over; it' converts them into “ new creatures in Christ Jesus;” it lifts them up out of the old, sinful life into the; higher and purer life. Take only a brief glance over the history of “ twice-born men,” and note the transforming power of the gospel of faith in Jesus Christ. There was Paul--what was he before he had accepted Christ? What was he after he had accepted Him? Note the transformation. And was it not a change to a better and a nobler life? Justin Martyr was a philosopher. He sought satisfaction for his inquiring soul in nearly all the philosophies of the day— all but Epicureanism, which was too coarse for him. But he found no peace, until an aged Christian told Him of Christ, whom he accepted by faith; and the proud philosopher was con verted into the noble Christian, the great apologist of the early church, who finally died as a martyr of the faith. So Augustine was converted from a dissolute to a saintly life. Martin Luther sought peace of conscience in performing all kinds of penance and so-called “works of rightèousness.” . All in vain! But note: when God put into his mind the saying of the Holy Scriptures, “The just shall live by faith,” Luther sprang to his feet a redeemed and transfigured man; and then and there the great Protestant reformation was born. Time would fail me to call the roll of the men who were made anew through faith in Christ; but here are some of them: John Newton, John Bunyan, Rowland Hill, Charles Spurgeon, Thomas Chalmers, Richard Baxter, Philip Dodd ridge, Jerry McAulley, and Dwight L. Moody. These are among the “ heroes of faith,” who conquered kingdoms and wrought wonders. “ Seeing, then, that we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.” Have you ever known such transformations to take place through doubt— I mean doubt of Christ and the Bible? Where in human history do you read of people having been born again, having passed from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God ; having been saved from a bad life to a life of holiness, through the writings and influence of the skeptics of the ages, from Celsus and Por phyry in the early days of Christianity to the very latest assailant of the Christian religion. Nay, nay, faith is con structive; doubt is ever destructive. Whatever occurs in our lives, let us have faith in God, and in Christ and in the Bible. Doubt will undo us; doubt will spoil our lives and rob us of our joys. Thomas Car lyle was an erratic genius. He had to wrestle with many doubts. Perhaps he never became what we would call an evangelical believer. Sometimes he would talk like one, and then again he would express himself with much vehem ence as an agnostic. But once he said a great thing; it was this: “ If you have anything that you heartily believe, let me know what it is. If you have any doubts, keep them to* yourself; I have enough of my own!” It was the confession
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