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 Jesus, for he shall save his people from their 



sins. 



The first thin- that I want you to notice is that 

 deliverance from sin rests upon Jesus Christ — 

 upon no other than the man, Jesus Christ; for 

 the results that, in the Word of God, are attri- 

 buted to tin' reception of the Gospel of Christ 

 were not predicated of any church instruction. 

 If we, as a community, should undertake the 

 rescue of a soul from any particular grade or de- 

 gree of sin, then we would allow you to ridicule 

 such effort, for merely human power never 

 could compass this deliverance. The Lord Jesus 

 Christ can rescue the soul from sin. Glory to 

 His name! When I look at Him and then I look 

 at you, though I may not know what the sin may- 

 be, if it is an action of immoral quality, and has 

 included in it the assent of your will, whether it 

 may be one of the sins of society, whether it may 

 be a sin that has the bane of society upon it, or 

 whatever may be its character, if you first 

 demonstrate to me that it is sin, I believe the 

 Word of God authorizes me to state that Jesus 

 Christ can save from it. It is the belief of this 

 truth that gives us impetus, when we are well- 

 nigh overcome with discouragement. It is this 

 that we believe will reach the abandoned, the 

 lost, and the degraded of this city. 

 We are not here in the interest of a church or 



