power. At last I became a fisher of men. At last I was becoming somewhat a man of rock. At last I found the secret of the blessed life-not by might, nor by power, but by God's Spirit.

Oh, if there is anything that will purge away the dross of pride and self; if there is anything that will make a man loyal and true to Jesus; if there is anything that will take away absolutely all fear of the face of mortal clay, and make one dare the wrath of men, the scourge, the dungeon, the sword; if there is anything that will fit one for efficient service of the Master, it is such a baptism of the Holy Spirit as I received at Pentecost and again and again in after life. Without that the Christian life will be just what mine was before -a mixture of weakness and sin.

That gift is for every son and daughter of God, for my Lord himself said it: "If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him."

These were the great lessons I learned in the school of apostleship: The supremacy of Jesus over the entire realm of human activity; the necessity of believing and receiving God's truth and grace just as he chose to dispense it; the necessity of meekness and humility; wretchedness of being out of fellowship with Jesus, and the necessity of the Holy Spirit in every Christian life.

GOD'S WITNESSES.

BY REV. ROBERT S. INGLIS,*

Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Jackson.

Text: "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater." I John, 5:9.

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How credulous we are of the witness of men. have become so accustomed to being astonished by things men accomplish that we cease to wonder, almost, and begin to expect, as a matter of course, nothing else. This readiness to receive the witness of men was signally manifested about two years ago when announcement of the discovery of the X rays was made. We did not know who Roentgen was, but we were willing to believe in him. When a little later pictures appeared in the magazines illustrating this new invention, which abolished what was formerly considered a property of matter, we only said, "Wonderful." Dr. Nansen returns from the unknown North and tells of scenes that no man before had ever witnessed, and we received his witness without question.

* Robert Scott Inglis was born in Montreal, May 25, 1867. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, 1888. Spending one year in Allegheny Seminary, he graduated from Princeton Seminary in 1891. Received the degree of A. M. from the university on completing a post-graduate course in philosophy. Pastor of First Presbyterian church, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1891-1894; and at Jackson, 1894—.

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We receive the witness of men; the witness of God is greater. The great witness of God to the world is Jesus Christ. Jesus of Nazareth is inexplicable without God. But he is not the only witness God has given When Paul preached to the people of Lystra, he said to them, (Acts 14:17,) "Turn unto the living God who made heaven and earth and sea and all that in them is. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness in that he did us good and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." He left not himself without witness. What witness hath God left of himself?

I. Witness, the universe. David cried, (Psalm 19:1,)"The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork." Paul said, (Romans 1:20,) "The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood from the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." There is no excuse for not knowing God. You may have heard the story of the Frenchman, traveling in company with an Arab, who, when he arose in the morning, finding the Arab on his knees, with a sneering tone asked him whom he was addressing. The Arab's reply was, "God." "How do you know there is any God to talk to?" asked the skeptic. "How do I know there is a God?" answered the son of the desert. How do I know that a man and a camel passed my tent at night? I did not see them, for my eyes were closed in slumber. I did not hear them, for my ears were dull of hearing. Yet I know that a man and camel passed my tent in the night, because I see the footprints in the sand." So we reply when asked why we believe in God-because we see his handiwork.

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Yet men will deny God. They deny even this wit