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THOMAS J. COMBER. 
could come to our children’s services. They are so 
good, so well attended, so happy and useful. (I wish 
we lived nearer together.) We are just forming a 
young Christian’s band. There are about twelve 
who can truly answer ‘ yes ’ to the following questions 
— ‘Do you love Jesus? Are you trusting in Jesus as 
your own precious Saviour? Will you try by the 
help of Jesus to keep from anything that is sinful? 
Will you try to be more like Jesus every day? Will 
you try to work for Jesus?’ And when they have 
well thought over and prayed over these questions, 
and can truly from the heart answer ‘yes’ to each, 
we admit them into a band of young Christians. 
“ Now, although you cannot come to any of our 
services, yet I should like you to be admitted into 
our band ; and I have felt at times that you could 
from your heart answer ‘ ‘ yes ’ to all the above 
questions. Do you know, Percy, I think that you 
have often given your heart to Jesus, but have per- 
haps taken it away again. Now, I want you to give 
it again, and let Jesus keep it. Jesus told His 
disciples to continue in His love, to keep loving Him, 
and following Him ; now, we can’t keep ourselves^ we 
are so weak ; but, if we Jesus will keep us. Jude 
said, ‘ Now unto Him who is able to keep us from 
falling,’ and David said, ‘Wilt Thou not keep my 
feet from falling?’ So we may feel that though we 
cannot keep ourselves Christians, yet Jesus is able 
and willing to keep us. 
''Now, as to these questions, and to our first 
becoming Christians, I want you to see clearly what 
a Christian is. If a man can say, ‘ I believe that 
Jesus died on the cross to save me (from the punish- 
ment of my sin, and from the sin itself), and so I 
mean to love Him as much as ever I can,’ — if a man 
can say this and mean it, he is a Christian. 
“ A Christian does not hope or think he is saved, he 
is sure of it. Why? Because Jesus said (through 
Paul), ‘ Believe on the Lord, and you — may ? no ! — 
