Brother Taylor should take as many arrows and send nine through, one after the other, and just miss the ring with the last one, why he would be a sinner too, just like me.

My friends, have any of you missed the mark? I see a man down there in the audience bow his head. There is

hope of your being saved if you feel you have sinned. And who of us have not failed in many ways? We are all failures, and every man since Adam has been a failure. Many persons wish they could have been created perfect like Adam; but there is no man who would not have fallen like Adam, if he had been put in Adam's place. Put 1,000 children into this building, and give them all sorts of playthings, but tell them that there is one thing in the room that they must not look at ; leave them alone for half an hour, and they would all be looking at that one thing.

Man is a stupendous failure. God on Mount Horeb shouted the law to man, and man said, "Oh, yes, Lord, we'll keep the law; we'll not break this Thy command." And the very first commandment was, "Thou shall not have other gods." Then Moses and Joshua go to have an interview with God, and the people whom they had left behind at once begin to say, " Make us a god." And the golden calf was made and they worshipped it. When Moses and Joshua returned from Horeb they heard a great shout. Ha! do you hear that shout? Is it the shout of victory, of those who are rejoicing in conquest? No, it is the shout of the idolater. All worshipped the golden calf. It was an idolatrous shout that the prophets heard. The worship of the golden calf! You'll find it in New York. One man says, Give me more money; another, Give me a seat in Congress; another, Give me a bottle of rum. Ah, it's easy to condemn the Israelites-it is easy to smile, but beware that you are not guilty of the same sin. Man was a failure under the judges, failure under the prophets, and now for 2,000 years under grace he has been a most stu

pendous failure. Walk the streets and see how quickly he goes to ruin. How many are hastening down to the dark caves of sin! Man in his best day, under the most favorable circumstances, is nothing but a failure.

Imagine Noah stopping work on the Ark, and going on a preaching tour. He tells the people of the Flood. He warns them of their danger. He exhorts them to repent. All are to perish, the wise, the rich, the great-all, all are to perish when God comes to judge. They mock at him. They tell him, "You'd better go back to your old Ark: do you think we will believe that the rich, the priests, the great, the powerful, are going to perish as you say?" They would mock, and would not believe. I can hear over the waves, that proved the warning true, this one text, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Take the people of Sodom. Do you believe they would believe the warning voice, "No," they would say, "Sodom to be destroyed? Nonsense; it was never more prosperous." They would not believe, and didn't they all perish alike? I tell you there is no difference when God comes. It was my sad lot to be in Chicago when that great fire swept through the city, and I have often thought it was almost a glimpse of the Judgment Day. All were on a level then.

There was the house of the mllionarie and near it the house of the poor man. The rich man turned his back on his gilded palace, and went with him. There was no difference.

the poor man We are all on

one platform; let no mocking words escape! Flee for your lives! Flee! Flee! There is a mountain we can all escape to -it's Calvary. You can escape thus, any night. Some may say I paint too dark a picture. For two nights I have tried to tell you of the Gospel; perhaps I have made a mistake. Christ kept the law. He was the Lamb, pure

and spotless. He never broke the law, therefore He can die for the sins of man. The law cuts all down as a scythe

cuts down the grass. All go down before its sweep. Right here comes in the Gospel-the son of God came to seek and to save that which was lost. The grace of God brings grace down to men. Substitution! If you take that out of the Bible, you can take the Bible along with you if you wish to. The same story runs all through the Book. The scarlet thread is unbroken from Genesis to Revelation. Christ died for us, that's the end of the law. I always loved that Hymn sometimes sung by Brother Sankey, "Free from the law. O! happy condition." He was bruised for us, and through Him are we saved. Napoleon Bonaparte once sent out a draft. A man was drafted who didn't want to go. A friend volunteered to go in his place. He went into the army and was killed. A second draft was made, and by some accident the same man was drafted again, but he said to the officer, "You can't take me, I'm dead. I died on such a battle-field." 66 Why, man, you are crazy," said the officer. "You are not dead, here you are alive and well before me." "No, Sir," said the man, "I am dead. The law has no claim on me; look at the roll." They looked and found another name written against his. They insisted; he carried his case before the Emperor, who said that he was right, his friend had died for him. Christ died for me. The wages of sin is death. Christ has received this payment. It is the height of folly to bear this burden, when he can so easily step out from under it.

In Brooklyn, I saw a young man go by without any arms. My friend pointed him out, and told me his story. When the war broke out he felt it to be his duty to go to the front. He was engaged to be married, and while in the army letters passed frequently between him and his intended wife. After the battle of the Wilderness the young lady looked anxiously for the accustomed letter. At last one came in a strange hand. She opened it with trembling

fingers, and read these words: "We have fought a terrible battle. I have been wounded so awfully that I shall never be able to support you more. A friend writes this for me. I love you more tenderly than ever, but I release you from your promise. I will not ask you to join your life with the maimed life of mine." That letter was never answered. The next train that left the young lady was on it. She went to his hospital. She found out the number of his cot and she went down the aisle, between the long rows of wounded men. At last she saw the number; she threw her arms around his neck and said: “I'll not desert you. I'll take care of you." He did not resist her love. They were married, and there is no happier couple than this one, You're dependent on one another. Christ says: "I'll take care of you. I'll take. you to this bosom of mine." That young man could have spurned her love; he could, but he didn't. Surely you can be saved if you will accept salvation of Him. Oh, that the grace of God may reach your heart to-night, by which you may be brought out from under the curse of the law.

TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD.

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THERE are times in meetings when I feel like bowing my head and praying. It seems as if we had preaching enough for ten weeks, day after day, night after night. I am sure I don't know how to present Christ in any other light than I have. I've tried to tell you of His wonderful grace, and how full of love He is; and now, after I have read a few verses of Scripture, I shall call on some of our friends to tell you the way of life, in hopes that you may get it from other lips if not from mine. Every soul here to-night may be saved if he will only take God at His word. Let me read from the 13th chapter of Acts, 39th verse. I do not know of any verse in the whole Bible that puts the way of life in clearer light than that 39th verse: 'By Him all that believe are justified from all things from which he could not be justified by the law of Moses." So it is just simply to believe. You say, What am I to believe? You are to believe God's Word; you are to take God at His word and trust Him for salvation. If you trust Him to keep you, He will keep you. He will save you the moment you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Instead of trying to trust Him, instead of trying to save ourselves, just drop the word try and put the word "trust" in. He will justify us in all things by just simply believing on Him. I do not know any word that the inquirers stumble over more than they do on that word believe. It is not any