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There are a good many things which disturb our ponce, but it takes a great deal to disturb the peace of Go, Why, you might take this little island and throw it right into the Atlantic, and it would make a great stir and commotion in this world, but I don't think that God would be moved on His eternal throne by it at would not disturb Him in the heavens high and lifted up above all the earth Let us have the peace of God, and then we shall have rest

Then, in the next chapter in the 11th verse, He says, "Those things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you' Christ's joy, not our own joy, mind. When we oma to a personal Christ and let our souls be stayed on Him, then we get rest, and peace, and joy. That is a rest that nothing can disturb; that is peace that flows on like a river; that is joy for overmore, "Coma unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

THE SECOND "I WILL."-Now, the text "I will" is in the dth chapter of John, and the 37th verse, I can imagine some of you people saying, "Ah, if I were only good enough to come, I would come, and get this rest and peace and joy," But if you road the verse I am speaking of, you will find it says, "lim that cometh t me, I will in no wise cast out." Surely that's broad enough is 16 not? T

care who the man or woman is; I don't care what your

troubles, what your sorrows, or what your aina are. come straight to the Master, Ile will not east you out. sinner, come this afternoon, come just now, just ma e Him at His word,

vild and prodigal young man, who came into one of 19 was nning a headlong career to ruim. But the him. Whilst I was conversing with him im to Christ, I quoted this veive to bum. 1 led his mind right up to 14, for some I to break in upon him, and he seemed told him to stick to that ve Well, ome the devil met lum. Why, 1 don't te to go to Christ but the d vil strives and trip him up. And even af in es and tries to new double s something wrong wit Aud y bie

young man was met by Satan, and Satan whispered to him, "How do you know that's a right translation ?" So that brought him for a while, to a standstill, and threw him into darkness again. But he remembered my telling him to stick to that text, and there he was, after Satan had put that into his mind, holding on to it, but he did not find peace till two o'clock. He then said to himself, "I will stick to it anyhow, and if it is not the right translation, when I get to the bar of God I will tell Him I did not know it was wrong, because I didn't understand anything about Greek and Latin." "Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out." If you will only come to Him I have got good authority to tell you that Christ will receive you to-day-this afternoon-this very hour.

The kings and princes of this world, when they issue invitations, call round them the rich, the mighty and powerful, the honourable and the wise; but the Lord when He was on earth called round Him the vilest of the vile. "This man," they said, "receiveth sinners, and eateth with them." Publicans, sinners, and harlots pressed into the kingdom of God in His days. Why, here in London there is no society would have such a man as John Bunyan once was in their company, yet the Lord saved him and welcomed him into His kingdom. Here is some poor miserable drunkard cast out by his father and mother, and deserted by all his friends, but the Lord has received him. I have known some of the most miserable outcasts that were ever seen, walking as vagabonds up and down the earth, cast out and despised by everybody, and yet the Lord has received them. Take Him then at His word to-day, and accept His invitation, "Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out."

But, you say, I must just get rid of my sins first, and then I will come to Him. Why, that's just like a man dying of the scarlet fever, saying, "Oh, I'll wait till I get rid of the fever before I send for a doctor. Why, its just because you are a sinner and cannot rid of your sins that you need a Saviour. If I was dying for want of bread it would be just as reasonable for me to say, "When I have got rid of this hunger, then I will begin to eat." It's because I am hungry that I need to eat; and it's because we are sinners that we need Christ. It is because a man is sick that he needs a physician, and Christ is the Physician of the soul.

THE THIRD "I WILL."-In the 5th chapter of Luke, we read of the leper coming to Christ, and the Lord said unto him, "I WILL, BE THOU CLEAN," and immediately the leprosy left him. That's another I will I want to call your attention to. Now, if there is any man or woman here to-day full of the leprosy of sin, if you will but go to the Master and tell all your case to Him, He will speak to you as He did to that poor leper, and say, "I will, be thou clean," and the leprosy of your sins will flee away from you. It is the Lord, and the Lord alone that can forgive sins. There is His word, just look it right over "I will, be thou clean," and then put that with the other verse-" Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out."

One day when Whitfield was preaching he said the Lord was so anxious to save souls, that He would take in the devil's castaways. Lady Huntingdon remonstrated with him and said he ought not to make such statements. A little while after, however, there came to his preaching a poor fallen woman, an out-cast from society. She was labouring under deep conviction of sin, and before long she found peace in her Saviour, and was received right into the kingdom of God. Now if there is a poor sinner here let him take this one verse, and then keep in his mind that poor leper coming to Christ. The law forbade him to come, but Christ is above the law. "The law came by Moses, but grace and truth by Jesus Christ." When they brought to Him the poor fallen woman that had been caught in the act of adultery, the law said, "Stone her," but truth and grace said, "Him that is without sin, let him cast the first stone." There was nobody that would stone her but the Master, but did He come to stone sinners? No, "He did not come to condemn, but to save," and although she was full of sin and leprosy He saved her. That's Christ, and if you come to Him and tell your story right out, He will pardon and save you.

Now, if you like to come to Him you can make a good bargain today. I never knew anybody who didn't like to make a good bargain. If a woman goes out to buy a dress she likes to make the best bargain she can, depend upon that. If you go to buy a hat, you like to get the best hat you can for the money, and you don't like to be cheated; and if anybody cheats you out of a shilling you look very black about it, simply because nobody likes to be cheated. Now, you can make a wonderful bargain to-day. You can have health in the place of sickness; you can get rid of everything that is vile and hateful in the sight of God. The Son of God comes down and says, "I will take away your leprosy and give you health in its stead. I will take away that terrible disease that is ruining your body and soul, and give you My righteousness in its stead. I will clothe you with the garments of righteousness." Is it not a wonderful thing? That's what He means when He says I will. Oh, lay hold of this "I will."

THE FOURTH "I WILL."-Now then, if you will just turn to th 10th chapter of Matthew, 32nd verse, it says::-"Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him WILL I CONFESS ALSO BEFORE MY FATHER which is in heaven." There's the I will of confession. Now, that's the next thing that takes place after a man is saved. We have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, and the next thing is to get our mouths opened. We have to confess Christ here in this dark world, and tell His love to others. We are not to be ashamed of the Son of God.

A man thinks it a great honour, when he has achieved a victory, that causes his name to be mentioned in parliament, or in the presence of the Queen and her court. A very great honour. And in China, we read the highest ambition of the successful soldier is to have his name written in the palace or temple of Confucius. But just think of

having your name mentioned in the kingdom of heaven by the Prince of Glory-by the Son of God, because you confess Him here on earth. You confess Him here; He will confess you yonder. But before I pass from this, let me tell you that if you wish to be brought into the clear light of liberty you must take your stand on Christ's side. I have known many Christians go groping about in the darkness, and never get into the clear light of the kingdom, because they were ashamed to confess the Son of God. Don't be ashamed, Christians, to let your friends and even your enemies know that you are on God's side.

THE FIFTH "I WILL."-The next I will is the "I will" of service. There are a good many Christians here, I believe, that have been quickened and aroused to say, "I want to do some service for Christ." Well, Christ says, "Follow Me, and I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN." There is no Christian who cannot help to bring some one to the Saviour. Christ says, "And I, if I be lifted up will draw all men unto Me," and the only way for us to do, is just to live to Christ. You may go on preaching like the angel Gabriel, but if you live like a devil, your preaching goes for nothing. I do not care how eloquent you are, and what beautiful language you use, your preaching goes for nothing. It is no good following this man, or that man-follow Christ and Him only. He says, I will make you fishers of men. Peter had a good haul on the day of Pentecost. I doubt if he ever caught so many fish in one day as he did men on that day of Pentecost. Why, it would have broken every net they had on board, if they had had to drag up three thousand fishes.

Our Lord said, "Follow me, Peter, and I will make you a fisher of men," and Peter simply obeyed Him, and there, on that day of Pentecost, we see the result.

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But there is one reason, and a great reason, why so many do not succeed. I have been asked by a great many good men, Why is it we don't have any results? We work hard, pray hard, and preach hard, and yet the success does not come." I will tell you. It is because a good many people spend all their time mending their nets. No wonder they never catch anything. But the great matter is to hold inquiry meetings, and thus pull the net in, and see if you have caught anything. If you are always mending and setting the net, you won't catch many fish. Whoever heard of a man going out to fish, and setting his net, and then letting it stop there, and never pulling it in. Why, everybody would laugh at the man's folly. There was a minister in Manchester, who came to me one day and said,-I wish you would tell me why we ministers don't succeed better than we do. So I brought before him this idea of pulling in the net, and I said, You ought to pull in your nets. I said there are many ministers in Manchester who can preach much better than I can, but then I pull in the net. Many people have objections to inquirymeetings, but I urged upon him the importance of them, and the minister said, "I never did pull in the net; I will try next Sunday."