'It is a _fire_; once light it, you can't quench it, it smoulders and breaks out afresh. 'It is an _evil root_, evil weed, can easy sow, not extirpate. 'Sin is like the current above Niagara. 'It becomes a _habit_. Indulgence makes habit grow. 'It is like a _spider_; one thread after another binds up a fly. 'Such is sin--murder, robbery, theft, adultery, uncleanness, lying, covetousness, hatred, anger, malice, want of love to God or man. 'Many of these sins you not accused of, but you have sin: sin is fatal, can you free yourself? _Jesus is to do it._ 'Disease, fire, root, current, habit, fly. _The man cannot free himself: Jesus must set him free._ 'Not only from _Hell_, but from sin. 'Suppose you were freed only from Hell, and transported to Heaven, could you be happy? Who would be your companions? 'Ignorant (wicked) man in company of learned (holy). '_A Tientsin vagrant_ became chair-bearer; had clothes, etc., but only for a day; he was soon naked again. 'Christ does not transport to Heaven only. '_Disease._--Not die from it; He cures it. '_Fire._--Not consumed by it; He quenches it. '_Root_ of evil; He clears from the ground. '_Niagara._--He lifts you out of the current on to an island. '_Habit._--He sets you free from it. '_Spider's fly._--He not only takes from the spider; but He sets it free from the toils. '_Jesus gives_ second nature; you are born again. 'But upon one _condition_, your consent. The _disease_ is severe: you must obey doctor; if you do not submit to operation; not take bitter drugs; then he does not heal. '_Lead_ a man to Peking: not come, not follow: leave him: lead to heaven, paths of holiness not follow, not reach. 'Has Christ saved you? If yes, visible to self and others. He is not only an object of respect, admiration: He is the doctor into whose hands you put your soul for treatment. '_Two brothers_, Kite, Loe, Pet Dog. '_John of Hankow's Liu_, see Chronicle; dead _v._ alive; sick (of fever) _v._ whole. Is it last time? Mongols feel queer. '_Missionaries._ Mongol doctor who had not courage to treat himself. '_S. S. Teacher_: Paul: be a castaway, 'Christ Matt. i. 21-23. 'Any religion good enough. No: no religion breaks bondage of sin: go down to death in sin's slavery. Only Jesus can save from sin. _Ask, and He'll do it._' During the winters in Peking he still used every effort to get at the Mongols frequenting the capital.