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have, which are not of this fold : them also I must 

 bring." Out of every nation, out of every creed, out 

 of every Church, out of every circumstance, Christ 

 attracts faithful and loving hearts to Himself, as the 

 magnet picks the particles of iron congenial to itself 

 out of a heap of sand ; and by diversities of belief, 

 action, and experience He educates and prepares them 

 for His everlasting fold. Some enter by one gate, 

 some by another. Some are led forward out of their 

 darkness to the gate; others are led backward from 

 the light, to grope through their darkness to the gate, 

 made blind that they may see. Some whose natural 

 goodness hinders their grace, are brought through 

 much tribulation to enter in by the door; and some 

 whose life is evil are conducted by a discipline of 

 love at once into the shining path of the just. 



But while there are many modes of entrance into 

 the heavenly city corresponding to the varying condi- 

 tions and circumstances of men, there is only one 

 way of salvation. The gates of the New Jerusalem, 

 although twelve in number and placed on different 

 sides, are nevertheless composed of the same material. 

 Every several gate is of one pearl. The redeemed 

 are not saved by the sect to which they belong, or 

 the creed which they profess, or the circumstances by 

 which they have been disciplined. They are saved 

 by the one Name which is given under heaven, in 

 whatever way they became acquainted with that Name. 

 It is the one cross that draws all men to the Saviour. 

 It is by the rugged, tear-stained, path to Calvary that 



