built up through them. What we want is good courage to persevere.

Turn to Matthew, v. 16: "Let your light so shine be

fore men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Now the eyes of the whole Christian world are upon New York at the present time. They are looking to see just what you Christians are going to do, and if the work stops now, don't say it will be our fault. My dear friends, it will be your own. There has been no false excitement here. We have just preached the Gospel. To be sure, we have done it poorly, but it has been the same old Gospel. We have just held up Christ to the people, and if this work stops, bear in mind that it will be your own fault that you have not taken it up and carried it on. Thousands in this audience have got just as much ability and talent as I have got or as Mr. Sankey has got, if you would only use it. All you have to do is to bring out your talents that have lain dormant and use them. God holds you responsible for your influence. Use whatever influence you have got and bring it to bear upon your friends and upon those with whom you are acquainted, and do everything you can just to let your light shine, and let me say keep out of the world. But you say you are in the world. You may be in the world but not of it, just as a ship is in the water but not of it. The moment the water begins to get into the ship it sinks. You are in the world: don't let the world be in you. That is the difference.

I want to speak of one thing that has cheered me since coming here beyond measure, and that is the spirit of unity. We have not heard a word about denominations since I have been here. Thanks be to God we are bound up in one bundle, and the moment we understand each other a little better we shall be able to do greater work, and the hosts of hell will not prevail against us.

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ADDRESS TO YOUNG CONVERTS.

(CLOSING SERVICES AT THE N. Y. HIPPODROME.)

My text this evening is in the 14th chapter of Romans, 4th verse, "God is able to make him stand." There are a great many luke-warm Christians that are themselves saved, and yet who really believe in their hearts that these young converts won't stand long. Some people will give them six weeks, and some six months, and then all will be That has been the cry ever since I can remember, ever since I have been a Christian. I suppose we will hear it to the end of time. Well, there are some who do not hold out, but think of the thousands and thousands that do. "He is able to make us stand; " and if you young converts in the morning of your Christian experience, learn this one lesson, it will save you from many a painful hour. Yes, it is God that will make you stand. You cannot stand yourself.

I hear a young convert get up and say, “I am going to hold out." That is not the way to put it. You will not unless God lets you. He is able to make you stand. He was able to make Joseph stand there in Egypt; He was able to make Elijah stand before Ahab; He was able to make Daniel stand in Babylon. So my friend, you need the same grace and the same power that all these did. They have gone on before you. and not in yourself. The moment you lean on yourself, down you go. The moment we get self-contented and

Your strength lies in God,

think we are able to stand and overcome, we are on dangerous territory; we are standing upon the edge of a precipice. When I first became a Christian I thought I would be glad when I got farther on, and got established. I thought I would be so strong and there would not be any danger; but the longer I live, the more danger I see there is. The only hope of any Christian in this house is to keep hold of Christ. We may fall after we have been Christians for twenty years; a good many fall at a very old age.

But though we fall, we are not therefore lost. A man may fall and not be lost. Perhaps the old Adam comes uppermost and they commit some sin and then get discouraged. It is no sign that a person is not a Christian because he falls into sin. He is as much a Christian as ever if he repents and hates his sin. If he loves his sin and lives in it, he has never been truly converted. If he hates the sin and turns away from it, and mourns over it, it is a sign that he has been converted. If you fall into sin, do not get discouraged. Take it to God and confess

it; tell Him all about it. He will forgive.

I want to guard you against self-confidence; there is the danger. You must keep your eyes open, and not be self-confident. Your strength lies in Another, and not in yourself. Take Christ as your model, not any other man on the face of the earth; because then, if you do sometimes make mistakes, if you do sometimes fall into sin, He will restore you. Just keep your eye fixed upon Him and remember all the while that He is able to make you stand. When we get into temptation, He is able to make a way for your escape, and to deliver you from every temptation. He won't suffer you to be tempted more than you can bear. In the second chapter of Hebrews and the 18th verse, we read "For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted."

It is encouraging to think He has been in this dark world and knows all about its trials and temptations. "He is able to succor those that are tempted." When temptation comes, it won't crush you; it won't bear you down. Perhaps the old nature will come up in you, but you must look to Him for strength. You know it is an old maxim "Don't give up to your impulse." That is not the advice I give. I say live right up to your impulse; live up to all the impulse that God gives you.

Don't be

afraid you are not going to have grace enough in the future. That is a mistake. Use all the grace that God gives you; He has plenty; the more you use, the more you'll get; He is able to succor them that are tempted.

About getting discouraged,-when you sin, you know they say short accounts make long friends. Keep short accounts with God. You should see the face of God every morning before you see the face of any human being. If you come to the cross every morning, you never will get but one day's journey from the cross. You must say to yourself, "I want to feed my soul as well as my body a breakfast every morning. I want to see the face of God before I see the face of any earthly man." Just keep close to the cross, and close to Him, and if anything has gone wrong during the day or evening, do not sleep until that account has been settled. Take it to Christ and tell it right out to Him; tell Him how you are sorry, and ask Him to forgive you. He delights to forgive. That is what I mean by keeping a short account with God. You know when you go to a grocery store and get a little sugar, for instance, every few days, in a short time you will soon find that the grocer has a bill against you for ten pounds. You are surprised, and you likely say you never had it. You forget how much you did get. Perhaps then you quarrel with the grocer, and you have a great deal of trouble from it. Perhaps if you kept short accounts you would

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remember what you owed. Keep short accounts, or else you wonť prosper. If you sin, bear in mind that you have an Advocate in Jesus Christ. We read in 2d Timothy, Ist chapter, 12th verse, "Nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I know that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." A man was asked what his persuasion was. He said it was the same as Paul's. I don't know what Paul's persuasion was. All persuasions claim him. Sankey says he is a Methodist. "Verily I am not ashamed, for I know whom I believe, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him." That is Paul's persuasion. You may call it what you have a mind to, it is a good persuasion. If you have really been converted you have committed your soul, your body, your reputation, your life, your money, everything you have, to the Lord. Stick to this text: "He is able to keep that which I have committed to him. If the devil comes and tries to make you everything else but a Christian, don't listen to him, but just refer him right over to Christ. Tell him you have committed your case to Christ. He will take care of your cause;

He is able to keep that which you have committed to Him.

A little boy was going home from school one day and met a big fellow who wanted to fight with him. He said “Well, wait till I go and fetch my big brother,” and he ran off after his big brother and away ran the boy. So you tell Satan when he threatens to convince you, that you will go after Christ, and let Him settle it for you. You are no match for Satan. He is stronger than you are; but Satan flies when you bring Christ. Then you are saved, and that is your only refuge. Jesus will be to you an Elder Brother.

A man with whom I was acquainted bought out a cer