hrist?

Mr. R.--"Repent a good deal!" I do not think any man repents in the
true sense of the word till he loves Christ and hates sin. There are
many false repentances in the Bible. We are told that Pharaoh
repented when the judgment of God came upon him, and he said, "I
have sinned;" but as soon as the judgment passed away, he went back
to his sin. We read that Balaam said: "I have sinned." Yet "he loved
the wages of unrighteousness." When Saul lost his kingdom he
repented; "I have sinned," he said. When Judas Iscariot found that
he had made a great mistake, he said: "I have sinned, in that I have
betrayed innocent blood;" yet he went "to his own place." I would
not give much for these repentances; I would rather have Peter's
repentance: when Christ looked upon His fallen saint it broke His
heart, and he went out and wept bitterly. Or the repentance of the
Prodigal, when his father's arms were around his neck, and his
kisses on his cheek, and he said, "Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son."

Mr. M.--What is your title to heaven?

Mr. R.--The Person, the Life, Death, and Righteousness, of the
God-man, the Son of God, my Substitute, and my Saviour.

Mr. M.--How do you obtain that?

Mr. R.--By receiving Him. "As many as received Him, to them gave He
authority to become the sons of God, even to them that believed on
His name."

Mr. M.--What is your meetness for heaven?

Mr. R.--The Holy Ghost dwelling in my heart is my fitness for
heaven. I have only to get there; and I have, by this great gift,
all tastes, desires, and faculties, for it: I have the eyes to
contemplate it: I have the ears for heaven's music: and I can speak
the language of the country. The Holy Ghost in me is my fitness and
qualification for the splendid inheritance for which the Son of God
has redeemed me.

Mr. M.--Would you make a distinction between Christ's work for us
and the Spirit's work in us?

Mr. R.--Christ's work for me is the payment of my debt; the giving
me a place in my Father's home, the place of sonship in my Father's
family. The Holy Spirit's work in me is to make me fit for His
company.

Mr. M.--You distinguish, then, between the work of the Father, the
work of the Son, and the work of the Holy Ghost.

Mr. R.--Thanks be to God, I have them all, and I want them
all--Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. I read that my Heavenly Father took
my sins and laid them on Christ; "