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which is not recognized in the laws of society,. 

 power which does not come from law, but a 

 power that comes from the Almighty God, and 

 when men and women come into touch with this 

 power, they find this change. The things they 

 once loved, they now hate: tiie thing that was 

 once upon their time and attention largely, now 

 has no place. The living God has taken the 

 throne of their affections, and they live unto God. 

 I should despair, if I expected them to be rescued 

 by human sympathy. But thank God, Jesus 

 has died. Jesus Christ has descended down to 

 the very gates of hell. We are willing to con- 

 cede that the powers of hell are striving and 

 must strive against the church of God. But we 

 are not ready to say the victory is lost, though 

 we are little, for Jesus is the captain of our sal- 

 vation, and when we have rescued one soul, we 

 see more coming. We shall go out and compel 

 them to come, for if they come once, we are sure 

 they will come again. Glory to God ! " Where- 

 fore he is able to save all them that come unto 

 God by him." This, we believe to be the remedy 

 for this evil. There may be a surface work,, 

 there may be a superficial instruction of the 

 mind which shall reach but a short distance into 

 the innermost part of the mind. But what we 

 need most of all is the salvation of the Lord 

 Jesus Christ. Mary Magdalene was more than a 



