o understand, you must also love and follow the
law of your God with all your hearts. You must not only know God, but
you must obey Him. You must not only be instructed in the manner of
the God of our land, but you must also observe it. Now there are a
great many who are Christians in profession only, they draw near to God
with their lips, and say Lord! Lord! but with their hearts they are far
from Him.

One day a philosopher came before king Herod Atticus, and when the king
asked him what profession he was of, what office he held, the
philosopher answered, "Look at my robe and you will see what I am."
For the philosophers affected a certain sort of garment. Then Herod
answered, "Pardon me, I see the habit, but not the philosopher." That
is to say--"I see what you call yourself, and pretend to be, but I do
not know whether you are the wise and learned man for which you give
yourself out."

I fear that if I were to follow and watch you during the week, I should
be obliged to say--"I see the habit, but not the Christian." It is
true there is the profession. You say you are a Christian, you assure
me you believe in God, you undertake to live a sober and godly life, to
resist evil, and cleave to what is good. All this is the outside
habit, the mere name and profession, I see the habit,--but in your acts
I do not see the Christian. No! there is not the Christian in you when
you tell lies. Not the Christian when you slander your neighbour. Not
the Christian when you deal dishonestly with your masters. Not the
Christian when you fly into a passion and swear and curse. Not the
Christian when you use foul words. On Sundays you have on your Sunday
coat, or your Sunday gown, and you are as demure as Saints, and attend
Church regularly. There is the habit. I see the habit. But where is
your Christianity in the week? How much prayer? How much thought of
God? How much self-restraint? I see the habit, but not the Christian.

CONCLUSION.--Remember then that it is not enough to know Christ, and to
believe. You must also love Christ and obey. Only by acting up to
your profession, by walking worthy of the vocation whereby you are
called, can you be regarded as a true disciple of Christ. He is not
the true soldier who is enrolled, and deserts; he is not the good
servant who says to his master, I go, and goeth not. If you know of
Christ, you have a greater obligation laid on you to follow Him in love
and obedienc