And so with reference to the what are termed the doctrines of Grace. It was the joy of his heart to exalt the grace of God in all its forms of application: redeeming grace, predestinating grace, grace in the call, grace in the pardon, grace in the gift of faith, grace in the new birth, grace in holiness, grace in preservation, grace never failing till it ends in glory! And this grace he would preach in its peculiar, limited, and special application to the Church of God’s elect. But that did not prevent his proclaiming with unlimited freedom the great offer of eternal life to the sinner, and throwing on the sinner the whole responsibility of the acceptance or rejection of the offer. As an illustration, I never can forget a magnificent Sermon of his, the grandest Sermon I ever heard from the lips of man, on Eph. v. 25, and never can I forget the way in which he quoted the text, “Christ also loved the _Church_,” the church of God’s elect, “and gave himself for _it_,” or how he pointed out to us the special and most tender love of the Lord to his chosen people; but neither on the other hand can I ever forget the thrilling power with which he gave forth the grand words of our blessed Saviour, “God so loved the _world_ that he gave his only begotten Son, that _whosoever_ believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life,” and on the strength of these words threw broadcast over the congregation the free offer of life to the sinner. It was this grand harmony of gospel truth that gave such a wonderful power to his ministry. He was not afraid of letting Scripture tell its own tale, and proclaim its own message. What he found there, that he taught, and taught fearlessly, even though he knew in some instances that it was beyond man’s power to fit all the parts together. He believed the Gospel to be God’s message, revealed in God’s word, perfected in God’s purpose, and taught in God’s own way; so by God’s help he gave the whole just as he found it, and left it to the infinity of God himself to bring to light the perfect harmony of the various parts. (4.) THERE WAS A BLESSING ON HIS FAITHFULNESS.