only a man, I would confess." Look into the 4th chapter of John. There was a woman that stirred up the whole town; she took one draught of the living water and when she went to publish it, she says, “Come and see the man that told me everything I ever did; is not this Christ?" And then it says that many believed her testimony, and then they got Christ into town and He stayed there two or three days and many more believed on account of His own works. I wish we had a few more women like the woman of Samaria, willing to confess what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for our souls.

Now, there is one man in the ninth chapter of John I want to call your attention to. I do not know his name; I wish I did, because he is one of the men I want to see when I get to heaven. I would like to read the whole chapter, but it is so long. I will just read a few verses— in the ninth verse or eighth verse. It is that blind man that Christ gave sight to. Here is a whole chapter in John of forty-one verses, just to tell how the Lord blessed. that blind beggar. It was put in this book, I think, just to bring out the confession of that man. "The neighbors, therefore, and they which before had seen him which was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged. Some said. this is he; others said, he is like him; but he said I am he." If it had been our case I think we would have kept still; we would have said, "there is a storm brewing among the Pharisees, and they have said “If any man acknowledges Christ we will put him out of the Synagogue.' "Now I don't want to be put out of the Synagogue." am afraid we would have said that; that is the way with a good many of the young converts. What did the young convert here? He said; "I am he." And bear in mind he only told what he knew; he knew the Man had given him his eyes. "Some said he is like him ; but he said, I am he." So, young converts, open your lips and tell what

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Christ has done for you. If you can't do more than that, open your lips and do that. "Therefore said they unto

him, How .were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and I went and washed, and I received sight." He said, "I anointed my eyes with clay, and I went to the pool and washed, and whereas I had no eyes, I have now got two good eyes." Some skeptic might ask "What is the philosophy of it?" But he couldn't tell that, "Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. unto them I put clay upon mine eyes and I washed and do see." He wasn't afraid to tell his experience twice, he had just told it once. "Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? and there was a division among them." Now I am afraid if it had been us, we would have kept still and said "there is a storm brewing." 'They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of Him, that He hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet."

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Now you see he has got to talking of the Master, and that is a grand good thing. I pity a man or woman that has got an idea that the world can't get along without him. This man, he began to talk of his Master. "He is a prophet; that is what I think about him." He knew what he was coming to because the Pharisees had just said if any man confessed Him he was going to be cast out of the Synagogue. It wasn't like our churches nowadays, for if one church cast a man out, another will take him in if he

shows any signs of repentance, but if he was cast out of the Synagogue there were none others to take him in, “And the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight until they called the parents of him that had received his sight, and they asked them, saying Is this your son who ye say was born blind? How, then, doth he now see? His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. But by what means he now seeth we know not, or who hath opened his eyes we know not; he is of age; ask him ; he will speak for himself." I do not like those parents; they did know; they just dodged the question; they were ashamed to confess. What a blessing they would have got if they had only confessed. 'He is of age, ask him." They had rather sit in the synagogue than have Christ. "Then again called they the man that was blind and said unto him, give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not.

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One thing I know, that whereas I was They couldn't beat that out of him. This young convert got assurance right away. "I know that whereas I was blind, now I see." I had a good deal rather know that one thing than have all the wisdom of the world and not have that. Then said they unto him again, What did He do unto thee? How opened He thine eyes ? He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear it again, will ye also be his disciples?" He didn't even know Christ, but he is ready to preach for Him. Poor beggar! Unlearned man! If you are willing to be His disciple, I will tell it to you again; will you do it? I like the faith that young convert

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You do not know what you can do by kindness and forbearance. I remember a family in Chicago who used to hoot at me and my scholars as we passed their house

sometimes. One day one of the boys came into the Sunday school and made light of it. As he went away, I told him I was glad to see him there and hoped he would come again. He came and still made a noise, but I urged him to come the next time, and finally one day he said: “I wish you would pray for me, boys." That boy came to Christ. He went home and confessed his faith, and it wasn't long before that whole family had found the way into the Kingdom of God. O, let us confess Him to-night and not be ashamed of our religion.

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COMPASSION

COMPASSION OF CHRIST.

I WANT to call your attention this evening to just one word-Compassion. Some time ago I took up the Concordance, and ran through the life of Christ to see what it was that moved Him to compassion, for we read often in His life, while He was down here, that He was moved with compassion. I was deeply pleased in my own soul, as I ran through His life and found those passages of Scripture that tell us what moved Him with compassion. In the 14th chapter of Matthew and 14th verse we find these words: "And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick." He saw the great multitude and He was moved with compassion, and He healed their sick. And in another place it says that He healed all that had need of it. There didn't any one need to tell Him what was in the hearts of the people. When I stand before an audience like this, I cannot read your history, but He knew the history of each one. It says in one place in Scripture, "each heart knows its own bitterness," and when Christ stood before a multitude like this, He knew the particular bitterness in each heart; He could read every man's biog raphy; He knew the whole story; and, as he stood before that vast multitude the heart of the Son of God was moved with compassion, just as in the preceding verses we find Him, when John's disciples had come to Him with their sad