on,
but the Bible uses it, and if God uses it in His word, why should not
I?

In the Old Testament He uses it--"I am married unto you" (Jer. iii.
14). Jesus Himself uses it, when He speaks of the bride in John iii.
29. Paul uses it in his epistles, as in Romans vii. 4, as an
illustration of the union between Christ and His church.

Now, it is an illustration you can all understand; there is no one
here but knows what it means. When a man offers himself, the woman
must do either of two things--either receive or reject him. So every
soul in this hall must do one of these two things--"receive" or
"reject" Christ. Well, if you receive Him, that is all you have to do,
He has promised power.

THE RICH HUSBAND.

There was a shop-girl in Chicago, a few years ago; one day she could
not have bought a pound's worth of anything; the next day she could go
and buy a thousand pounds' worth of whatever she wanted. What made the
difference? Why, she had married a rich husband; that was all. She had
received him, and of course all he had became hers. And so we can have
power, if you only receive Christ. Remember, you can have no power
without Him; you will fail, fail constantly, until you receive Him
into your heart; and I have Scripture authority to say that Christ
will receive every soul that will only come to Him.

SEEKING A WIFE.

You know that Abraham sent his servant Eliezer a long journey to get a
wife for his son Isaac. When Eliezer had got Rebekah, he wanted to be
up and off with the young bride; but her mother and brother said, "No,
she shall wait awhile." When Eliezer was determined to go, they said,
"We will inquire of the damsel." And when Rebekah appeared, they said
to her, "Wilt thou go with this man?" That was a crisis in her life.
She could not have said "No." Undoubtedly it cost her an effort; it
would, of course, be a struggle. She had to give up her parents, home,
companions, all that she loved, and go with this stranger. But look at
her reply; she said, "I will go."

I have come to-night to get a bride for my Master. "Wilt thou go with
this man?" I can tell you one thing that Eliezer could not tell
Rebekah; he could not say, "Isaac loves you." Isaac had never seen his
bride. But I can say, "My Master loves you!"

HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR YOU.

Ah, that is love! But bear in mind, my friends, that the moment
Rebekah made up her mind to accept Isaac he became everything to her,
so that she did not feel she was g