eeks and months and years, and yet not repent of
one sin. Neither is it _remorse_. Judas had terrible remorse--enough
to make him go and hang himself; but that was not repentance. I
believe if he had gone to his Lord, fallen on his face, and confessed
his sin, he would have been forgiven. Instead of this he went to the
priests, and then put an end to his life. A man may do all sorts of
penance--but there is no true repentance in that. Put that down in
your mind. You cannot meet the claims of God by offering the fruit of
your body for the sin of your soul. Away with such a delusion!

Repentance is not _conviction of sin_. That may sound strange to
some. I have seen men under such deep conviction of sin that they
could not sleep at night; they could not enjoy a single meal. They
went on for months in this state; and yet they were not converted;
they did not truly repent. Do not confound conviction of sin with
Repentance.

Neither is _praying_--Repentance. That too may sound strange. Many
people, when they become anxious about their soul's salvation, say,
"I will pray, and read the Bible;" and they think that will bring
about the desired effect. But it will not do it. You may read the
Bible and cry to God a great deal, and yet never repent. Many people
cry loudly to God, and yet do not repent.

Another thing: it is not _breaking off some one sin_. A great many
people make that mistake. A man who has been a drunkard signs the
pledge, and stops drinking. Breaking off one sin is not Repentance.
Forsaking one vice is like breaking off one limb of a tree, when the
whole tree has to come down. A profane man stops swearing; very good:
but if he does not break off _from every sin_ it is not Repentance--it
is not the work of God in the soul. When God works He hews down
the whole tree. He wants to have a man turn from every sin. Supposing
I am in a vessel out at sea, and I find the ship leaks in three or
four places. I may go and stop up one hole; yet down goes the vessel.
Or suppose I am wounded in three or four places, and I get a remedy
for one wound: if the other two or three wounds are neglected, my
life will soon be gone. True Repentance is not merely breaking off
this or that particular sin.

Well then, you will ask, what is Repentance? I will give you a good
definition: it is "right about face!" In the Irish language the word
"Repentance" means even more than "right about face!" It implies that
a man who has been walkin