ou cannot
touch me: I died in that man, and I go free. The law has no claim
against me." They would not recognize the doctrine of substitution, and
the case was carried to the Emperor. But he said that the man was right,
that he was dead and buried in the eyes of the law, and that France had
no claim against him. This story may or may not be true but one thing I
know is true; Jesus Christ suffered death for the sinner, and those who
accept Him are free from the law.

The King's Pardon.

A man was once being tried for a crime, the punishment of which was
death. The witnesses came in one by one and testified to his guilt; but
there he stood, quite calm and unmoved. The judge and the jury were
quite surprised at his indifference; they could not understand how he
could take such a serious matter so calmly. When the jury retired, it
did not take them many minutes to decide on a verdict "Guilty;" and when
the judge was passing the sentence of death upon the criminal he told
him how surprised he was that he could be so unmoved in the prospect of
death. When the judge had finished, the man put his hand in his bosom,
pulled out a document, and walked out of the dock a free man. Ah, that
was how he could be so calm; it was a free pardon from his king, which
he had in his pocket all the time. The king had instructed him to allow
the trial to proceed, and to produce the pardon only when he was
condemned. No wonder, then, that he was indifferent as to the result of
the trial. Now that is just what will make us joyful in the great day of
judgment: we have got a pardon from the Great King, and it is sealed
with the blood of His Son.

[Illustration: The Judgement of Solomon. GUSTAVE DORE. 1 Kings, iii.]

GOLD.

-- If you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ you are free.

-- There is no sin in the whole catalogue of sins you can name but
Christ will deliver you from it perfectly.

-- We are led on by an unseen power that we have not got strength to
resist, or else we are led on by the loving Son of God.

-- The trouble is, people do not know that Christ is a Deliverer. They
forget that the Son of God came to keep them from sin as well as to
forgive it.

-- You say "I am afraid I cannot hold out." Well, Christ will hold out
for you. There is no mountain that He will not climb with you if you
will; He will deliver you from your besetting sin.

-- Satan rules all men that are in his kingdom. Some he