or "Jesus, Lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly" pud all other hymns that bring the soul of a sinful man, to the only One, who can do anything fundi mental for it, and ho could sing them thankfully, that he had found such a Saviour, just as sincerely as fishermen, labourers and all the rest of us ordinary folk. T_ want yow to ponder this fact of this very learned man's simple faith. Ho evidently found, that Jesus Christ did for him something, that all his literary and scientific and philosophical) knowledge could not do. Jesus had revealed himself to him the Son of God, his Redeemer. Jesus Christ had made God real to him, had deaft finally with the question of sins, had given him a new outlook on God and man, the paso. present, and future. Think about this man's faith. Authority is nov everything, but it is a great deal more than we, in our churches, al low. And here is a man. as eapabls as any in the Encyclopedia of Unbelief, of sifting evidence, and recognizing truth, and he was a thorough-going believer. Here is another interesting bit of confirmation of all I have said. In_ the "Christian World" of January 1 there was a paragraph about Lort Bryce's entliustasm for Christ. It was by Mr. Basil Matthews, who is, T believe, editor for tke Land Missionary Society. He tells how Lord Bryce travelled down Ghester to take a hand in shapii the policy 01 the "Laynian's Missionary Movement." Then over the fire, in. a general conversation, he began to talk about Christian missions, and he said, "The one sure foundation for world peace lies 17 the extension of the principles of Jesus Christ to the ends of ths earth,... I sea no hope for the world save in the precepts of his
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