Come boldly to the throne of
grace and get the help we need; there is an abundance for every man,
woman and child in the assemblage.
Young Moody Penniless in Boston is Warned by his Sister to "Beware of
Pickpockets."
I remember when I was a boy and went to Boston, I went to the postoffice
two or three times a day to see if there was a letter for me. I knew
there was not, as there was but one mail a day. I had not had any
employment and was very homesick, and so went constantly to the
postoffice, thinking perhaps when the mail did come in my letter had
been mislaid. At last, however, I got a letter. It was from my youngest
sister, the first letter she ever wrote to me. I opened it with a light
heart thinking there was some good news from home, but the burden of the
whole letter was that she had heard there were pickpockets in Boston,
and warned me to take care of them. I thought I had better get some
money in hand first, and then I might take care of pickpockets. And so
you must take care to remember salvation is a gift. You don't work for
salvation; but work day and night after you have got it. Get it first
before you do anything, but don't try to get it yourself. Look at what
Paul says in Ephesians: "For by grace are ye saved through faith, and
that not of yourself, it is the gift of God"--it is the gift of
God--"Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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