Haven't you passed
through that experience? Don't you remember something like that
happening to you? That was the Son of God seeking for your soul.
-- The Son of God has come into the world to bless us. Look at that
Sermon on the Mount. It is filled with the word blessed, blessed,
blessed. I think it occurs nine times. His heart was full of
blessings for the people. He had to get it out before He gave His
sermon.
-- A rule I have had for years is to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a
personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere empty doctrine, but it is
He himself we have. The moment we have received Christ we should
receive Him as a friend. When I go away from home I bid my wife and
children good-by, I bid my friends and acquaintances good-by, but I
never heard of a poor backslider going down on his knees and saying:
"I have been near You for ten years; Your service has become tedious
and monotonous; I have come to bid You farewell; good-by, Lord Jesus
Christ." I never heard of one doing this. I will tell you how they go
away; they just run away.
CHRISTIAN WORK.
How Moody was Encouraged.
I remember a few years ago I got discouraged, and could not see much
fruit of my work; and one morning, as I was in my study, cast down, one
of my Sabbath-school teachers came in and wanted to know what I was
discouraged about, and I told him because I could see no result from my
work; and speaking about Noah, he said: "By the way, did you ever study
up the character of Noah?" I felt that I knew all about that, and told
him that I was familiar with it, and he said, "Now, if you never studied
that carefully, you ought to do it, for I cannot tell you what a
blessing it has been to me.
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