290 SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
wretched, He will cheer thee. He will give 
thee joy for sorrow, riches for poverty, health 
for sickness. To sum up the whole, come 
to Christ without delay. While the Spirit 
worketh within you, speak to Him in earnest, 
persevering prayer, and He will hear your 
supplications : you may remain in heaviness 
for a time ; but be not weary in well-doing, 
and the certain result will be that He will 
speak comfort to thy soul. He will enlighten 
thy mind, and bid thee ' go in peace, thy sins 
are forgiven.' 
"4. A general invitation. ' Whosoever 
will, let him take the water of life freely.' 
" Glory be to God ! salvation by Jesus 
Christ is so fully made known, and so frankly 
offered in the Gospel, that whosoever will, 
may take the water of life freely. Nor is the 
invitation confined to Gospel time. Long 
before Christ appeared in the flesh, the pro- 
clamation was extant. Hear the prophet 
Isaiah, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, 
crying aloud ' Ho, every one that thirsteth, 
come ye to the waters, and he that hath no 
money ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, 
buy wine and milk without money and with- 
