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saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save

sinners." What have you to do, but to believe this and trust in him? You will never bedisappointed with such a faith as that. Let me give you over again an illustration I

have given hundreds of times, but I cannot find another so good, so I must give it

again. Faith is something like this. There is a story told of a captain of a man-of-war,

whose sona young ladwas very fond of running up the rigging of the ship; and

one time, running after a monkey, he ran up the mast, till at last he got on to the

maintruck. Now, the maintruck, you are aware, is like a large round table put on to the

mast, so that when the boy was on the maintruck there was plenty of room for him;

but the difficulty wasto use the best explanation I canthat he could not reach the

mast that was under the table; he was not tall enough to get down from this maintruck,

reach the mast, and so descend. There he was on the maintruck; he managed to get up

there, somehow or other, but down he never could get. His father saw that, and he

looked up in horror; what was he to do? In a few moments his son would fall down,

and be dashed to pieces! He was clinging to the main-truck with all his might, but in a

little time he would fall down on the deck, and there he would be a mangled corpse.

The captain called for a speaking trumpet; he put it to his mouth, and shouted, "Boy,

the next time the ship lurches, throw yourself into the sea." It was, in truth, his only

way of escape; he might be picked up out of the sea, but he could not be rescued if he

fell on the deck. The poor boy looked down on the sea; it was a long way; he could

not bear the idea of throwing himself into the roaring current beneath him; he thought

it looked angry and dangerous. How could he cast himself down into it? So he clung

to the main-truck with all his might, though there was no doubt that he must soon let

go and perish. The father called for a gun, and pointing it up at him, said, "Boy, the

next time the ship lurches, throw yourself into the sea, or I'll shoot you!" He knew his

father would keep his word; the ship lurched on one side, over went the boy splash

into the sea, and out went brawny arms after him; the sailors rescued him, and brought

him on deck. Now, we, like the boy, are in a position of extra-ordinary danger, bynature, which neither you nor I can possibly escape of ourselves. Unfortunately, we

have got some good works of our own, like that maintruck, and we cling to them so

fondly, that we never will give them up. Christ knows that unless we do give them up,

we shall be dashed to pieces at the last, for that rotten trust must ruin us. He, therefore,

says, "Sinner, let go thine own trust, and drop into the sea of my love." We look down,

and say, "Can I be saved by trusting in God? He looks as if he were angry with me,

and I could not trust him." Ah, will not mercy's tender cry persuade you?"He that

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believeth shall be saved." Must the weapon of destruction be pointed directly at you?

Must you hear the dreadful threat"He that believeth not shall be damned?" It is withyou now as with that boyyour position is one of imminent peril in itself, and your

slighting the Father's counsel is a matter of more terrible alarm, it makes peril more

perilous. You must do it, or else you perish! Let go your hold! That is faith when the

poor sinner lets go his hold, drops down, and so is saved; and the very thing which

looks as if it would destroy him, is the means of his being saved. Oh! believe on

Christ, poor sinners; believe on Christ. Ye who know your guilt and misery come, cast

yourselves upon him; come, and trust my Master, and as he lives, before whom I stand,

you shall never trust him in vain; but you shall find yourselves forgiven, and go your

way rejoicing in Christ Jesus.