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The Christian religion is different from all 

 others in that it does not raise an ideal of holi- 

 ness, ami then tail in securing the results which 

 we expect. It does not teach the false morality 

 of the Greek philosophers. This religion is not- 

 only absolute, but it is intolerant. It does not 

 effect a compromise with any seeming good form 

 of religion. It does not have anything to do 

 with other religions. It is the beginning and 

 ending of itself. It takes one through the inter- 

 mediate condition into the perfectly saved con- 

 dition of experience. Saved to the uttermost ! 



Now, there are three; and three only, principal 

 thoughts that I have to advocate. The first is 

 that this religion saves souls froni their attitude 

 towards their sins. We read in the Word of 

 God, " Be ye not conformed to this world, but be 

 ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." 

 Have you a section in this City that to-night is 

 under the power of sin too black almost to men- 

 tion ? If so, how are we to recover that section r 

 There must be introduced into the minds of those 

 engaged in this sin, an antipathy for it. By 

 nothing else than the religion of the Lord Jesus- 

 Christ can this be done. I think the Lord knows 

 how to approach the sonls he wishes to save: that 

 the thing that Jesns Christ first does is to get the 

 minds of those he intends to save, and then to 

 turn those minds against the sins they have been 



