That class of Christians don't
amount to much. The real Christian puts it, "I believe; I believe that
my Redeemer liveth; I believe that if this building of flesh were
destroyed, I have a building not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens." No hoping and trusting with them. It is, "I know." Hope is
assured to the Christian. It is a sure hope; it isn't a doubting hope.
Suppose a man asked me if my name was Moody, and I said, "Well, I hope
so," wouldn't it sound rather strange? "I hope it is;" or, "I'm trying
to be Moody." Now, if a man asks you if you are a Christian, you ought
to be able to give a reason.

GOLD.

-- There cannot be any peace where there is uncertainty.

-- There is no knowledge like that of a man who knows he is saved, who
can look up and see his "title clear to mansions in the skies."

-- I believe hundreds of Christian people are being deceived by Satan,
now on this point, that they have not got the assurance of salvation
just because they are not willing to take God at His word.

-- "But," a man said to me, "no one has come back, and we don't know
what is in the future. It is all dark, and how can we be sure?" Thank
God! Christ came down from heaven, and I would rather have Him coming
as he does right from the bosom of the Father, than anyone else. We
can rely on what Christ says, and He says, "He that believeth on Me
shall not perish, but have everlasting life." Not that we are going
to have it when we die, but right here to-day.

-- Now, I find a great many people who want some evidence that they have
accepted the Son of God. My friends, if you want any evidence, take
God's word for it. You can't find better evidence than that. You know
that when the Angel Gabriel came down and told Zachariah he should
have a son he wanted a further token than the angel's word. He asked
Gabriel for it and he answered, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the
presence of the Lord." He had never been doubted, and he thundered
out this to Zachariah. But he wanted a further token, and Gabriel
said, "You shall have a token: you shall be dumb till your son shall
be given you."

BELIEVE.

Moody and the Dying Soldier.

After the battle of Pittsburgh Landing and Murfreesboro' I was in a
hospital at Murfreesboro'. And one night after midnight, I was woke up
and told that there was a man in one of the wards who wanted to see me.
I went to him and he called me "