ord from an humble
servant in God's house. Jesus never went for the crowds--he hunted the
individual. He sat up a whole night with a questioning Rabbi; talked an
afternoon with a harlot who wanted salvation; sought out and found the
man whom they cast out of the synagogue, and saved a dying robber on an
adjacent cross. We do not reach men in great audiences generally. We
reach them by interesting ourselves in them individually; by lending
our interest to their needs; by giving them a lift when they need it.

SANCTIFIED FISHERMEN.

Jesus with divine sagacity knew that if these untutored fishermen were
to light up Europe and Asia with the torch of the gospel they must have
an experience themselves which would transform them from self-seeking,
cowardly men to giants and heroes.

THE CARNAL MIND.

While the true Christian loves Christ and His words, while his higher
and more spiritual nature says "Amen" to the Lord's teaching, yet it
must not be forgotten that the "carnal mind" which remains, "even in
the heart of the regenerate," is "enmity against God." There is a dark
SOMEWHAT in the soul that fairly hates the word "sanctification."
Theologians call it "inbred sin" or "original depravity"; the Bible
terms it the "old man," "the old leaven," "the root of bitterness,"
etc. Whatever its name it abhors holiness and purity, and though the
regenerate man loves Christ and His words, he does so over the vehement
protest of a baser principle chained and manacled in the basement
dungeon of his heart.

GEORGE FOX.

The devout of all churches recognize the existence of an inner enemy
who bars the gate to rapid spiritual progress. George Fox, the pious
founder of the Friends' Society, said in relation to an experience
which came to him: "I knew Jesus, and He was very precious to my soul,
but I found something within me which would not always keep patient and
kind. I did what I could to keep it down, but it was there. I besought
Jesus that He would do something for me, and when I gave Him my will He
came into me and cast out all that would not be patient, and all that
would not be sweet, and that would not be kind, and then He shut the
door."

"SIN IN BELIEVERS."

John Wesley preached a sermon on "Sin in Believers" which is extant and
widely read. All churches recognize it in their creeds, and all have
provision in their dogmas for its expulsion before entrance into
heaven. The Catholics provide a convenient Purgatory; othe