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who would say that the blood of Jesus Christ 

 does not or cannot, purge one's conscience accord- 

 ing to the Word of God. 



Christianity compasses reformation. The man 

 who becomes a christian in the New Testament 

 sense of the term is not only reformed, but he is 

 transformed and he is conformed. 



Notice the main word of this text, "He is able 

 also to save them to the uttermost." That word 

 uttermost is very peculiar. Looking at the ety- 

 mology of the word we find that it is made up of 

 the union of two Greek words, an adjective and 

 a noun; the adjective is ™c, the noun, is reXoc, 

 The full meaniug of the word is perfection. ^ The 

 word means that whatever this salvation is, it 

 succeeds in saving its subjects in every part of 

 their lives. And when Jesus uses language, and 

 when he uses that term, he means it. So I say 

 to you,precious soul to-night, come,place yourself, 

 whatever is the leading sin of your life in His 

 liands, for there is efficacy in the atonement of 

 Jesus Christ to break the power and spell of that 

 sin, and set you at perfect liberty. Glory to 

 God! Uttermost Salvation! This is the salva- 

 tion that raises the fallen. This is the salvation 

 that reaches into the gutter and takes the liber- 

 tine and raises him to a life of holiness. This is 

 the salvation that goes to the uttermost parts of 

 the world and finds men under the spell of false 



