he takes his eye off God, has failed. Every man has been a
failure at some period of his life. Abraham failed. Moses failed.
Elijah failed. Take the men that have become so famous and that were
so mighty--the moment they got their eye off God, they were weak like
other men; and it is a very singular thing that those men failed on
the strongest point in their character. I suppose it was because they
were not on the watch. Abraham was noted for his faith, and he failed
right there--he denied his wife. Moses was noted for his meekness and
humility, and he failed right there--he got angry. God kept him out of
the promised land because he lost his temper. I know he was called
"the servant of God," and that he was a mighty man, and had power with
God, but humanly speaking, he failed, and was kept out of the promised
land. Elijah was noted for his power in prayer and for his courage,
yet he became a coward. He was the boldest man of his day, and stood
before Ahab, and the royal court, and all the prophets of Baal; yet
when he heard that Jezebel had threatened his life, he ran away to the
desert, and under a juniper tree prayed that he might die. Peter was
noted for his boldness, and a little maid scared him nearly out of his
wits. As soon as she spoke to him, he began to tremble, and he swore
that he didn't know Christ. I have often said to myself that I'd like
to have been there on the day of Pentecost alongside of that maid when
she saw Peter preaching.

"Why," I suppose she said, "what has come over that man? He was afraid
of _me_ only a few weeks ago, and now he stands up before all
Jerusalem and charges these very Jews with the murder of Jesus."

The moment he got his eye off the Master he failed; and every man, I
don't care who he is--even the strongest--every man that hasn't Christ
in him, is a failure. John, the beloved disciple, was noted for his
meekness; and yet we hear of him wanting to call fire down from heaven
on a little town because it had refused the common hospitalities.

Triumphs of Faith.

Now, how are we to get the victory over all our enemies? Turn to
Galatians, second chapter, verse twenty: "I am crucified with Christ;
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me." We live by faith. We get this
life by faith, and become linked to Immanuel--"God with us." If I have
God f