Mr. R.--God knows that a man's nature is wrong: therefore He has promised to give a man a new nature. We must therefore go to God, just as a man goes to a physician, because he needs to be cured of some disease. Mr. M.--Can a drunkard or a blasphemer be saved all at once? Mr. R.--Paul says: "To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly" bad people, lost people, ruined people--"his faith is counted for righteousness." When he believes God, God becomes his Saviour. God is the friend of sinners. Mr. M.--What is it to believe God? Mr. R.--To take Him at His word. Mr. M.--Do you not think there are a good many here who believe that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the world; and yet they are not saved? Mr. R.--No doubt; because they have not believed for themselves. A man at the time of the Deluge, for instance, might have said, "Yes, I believe it is a very good ark indeed; and that it will save those who get into it." But it does not follow that he got into it himself. The ark only saved those who went into it. So, when a man trusts in Jesus Christ for himself, Jesus becomes his personal and eternal Saviour. Mr. M.--What if he should fall into sin after he has believed in Christ? Mr. R.--"These things write I unto you that ye sin not," says John; "and if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father." The Good Physician will not give up His case because of the disease; He will deal with it. The Good Shepherd will not turn His poor wandering sheep away; He will go after it, and bring it back. He has promised that He will save His people _from_ their sins. Mr. M.--Is salvation within the reach of every man here tonight? Mr. R.--Jesus said, "God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that _whosoever_ believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Mr. M.--But some say they do not feel that; they do not realize it. Mr. R.--When they take God at His word, and cast themselves upon Him, whether they feel it or not--when they confess Jesus Christ as their Lord--the Holy Ghost will come as a power to make them realize it. For instance, a man at the time of the Deluge might have stood outside the ark, and said, "I cannot realize how this ark will lift me up above the waters." But if he were inside when the flood came he would realize it. The sinner must believe first, and have his experience afterwards. A man is told that a certain train will take him to Edinburgh. He has never been there: he does not understand about this particular train; and he cannot realize that it will take him there. But he knows that he may trust the friend who told him; so he gets into the train. Then he realizes that he is in the train; by and by he will be able to realize that he is in Edinburgh. Mr. M.--Would you advise people to come to God as they are, with their unfeeling, treacherous, hard hearts--with any kind of heart?