If any man gets an immediate evidence of pardon, it is an evidence that comes not through the Mediator, for what comes through him is not _immediate_, but through him as a _Medium_, or Mediator. It is a direct revelation, not through Christ at all, and it is a _new_ revelation. Are men receiving any _new_ revelations now? The Mormons and Spiritualists think they are. Do others think so? We do not believe any _new_ revelations are now being made from God. On this ground we reject all Mormon pretensions, as well as Romish pretensions and those of Spiritualists. Since the apostles died, and those on whom they laid their hands died, not a miracle has been done or a revelation from God been made. Every pretense to miracle or revelation from then till now is an empty and idle pretense—an imposition. Since John, the Apostle, closed the book of Revelation, with the declaration that, if any man shall add to it, the plagues of that book shall be added to him, there is an end of all revelation till time shall be no more. Through Christ, God made a _final_ revelation, to which nothing is to be added, and from which nothing is to be taken. The will of God is in that concerning man, and if we desire to know the mind of God we must consult that revelation. The restlessness of man is wonderful. He is not willing to be limited even to the revelation God has made, the testimony God has given concerning his Son, and the unfailing promise of God for assurance of acceptance with him. But this is the highest and the only assurance we have or can have, in this world. When God made the promise, that we might have strong consolation, he confirmed it by an oath. We come to God by _faith_ and not by _sight_; we walk by _faith_ and not by _sight_; enjoy God, and Christ and the Holy Spirit by _faith_ and not by _sight_. So we enjoy the remission of sins and acceptance with God by _faith_ and not by _sight_. “He that believeth and is baptized _shall be saved_,” said the Lord, among the last words he uttered before he ascended to heaven. Men who will not rely on that promise—on the words _shall be saved_, or _shall be pardoned_—would not believe though one would rise from the dead. It is not baptism such need; it is _faith_. They are not fit subjects for baptism. They must remember the condition, “He that _believeth_.” They can not come to God without _faith_. “Without faith it is impossible to please him.” BE FIRM IN THE RIGHT.