s. And why should we allow him to
argue with us for one instant, as if it were still an open question?
Don't listen; simply tell him that Jesus Christ _is_ on the long-disputed
throne, and no more about it, but turn at once to your King and claim the
glorious protection of His sovereignty over you. It is a splendid
reality, and you will find it so. He will not abdicate and leave you
kingless and defenceless. For verily, 'The Lord _is_ our King; He will
save us' (Isa. xxxiii. 22).

_Our hearts are naturally_-- _God can make them_--
Evil, Heb. iii. 12. Clean, Ps. li. 10.
Desperately wicked, Jer. xvii. 9. Good, Luke viii. 15.
Weak, Ezek. xvi. 30. Fixed, Ps. cxii. 7.
Deceitful, Jer. xvii. 9. Faithful, Neh. ix. 8.
Deceived, Isa. xliv. 20. Understanding, 1 Kings iii. 9.
Double, Ps. xii. 2. Honest, Luke viii. 15.
Impenitent, Rom. ii. 5. Contrite, Ps. li. 17.
Rebellious, Jer. v. 23. True, Heb. x. 22.
Hard, Ezek. iii. 7. Soft, Job xxiii. 16.
Stony, Ezek. xi. 19. New, Ezek. xviii. 31.
Froward, Prov. xvii. 20. Sound, Ps. cxix. 80.
Despiteful, Ezek. xxv. 15. Glad, Ps. xvi. 9.
Stout, Isa. x. 12. Established, Ps. cxii. 8.
Haughty, Prov. xviii. 12. Tender, Ephes. iv. 32.
Proud, Prov. xxi. 4. Pure, Matt. v. 8.
Perverse, Prov. xii. 8. Perfect, 1 Chron. xxix. 9.
Foolish, Rom. i. 21. Wise, Prov. xi. 29.

Chapter XI.
Our love kept for Jesus.

_'Keep my love; my Lord, I pour_
_At Thy feet its treasure-store.'_

Not as a mere echo from the morning-gilded shore of Tiberias, but as an
ever new, ever sounding note of divinest power, come the familiar words
to each of us, 'Lovest thou Me?' He says it who has loved us with an
everlasting love. He says it who has died for us. He says it who has
washed us from our sins in His own blood. He says it who has waited for
our love, waited patiently all through our coldness.

And if by His grace we have said, 'Take my love,' which of us has not
felt that part of His very answer has been to