er? Have you forgotten when, on the Mount of Transfiguration,
with James and John, you said to Me, 'Lord, it is good to be here:
let us make three tabernacles?' Have you forgotten being with Me at
the supper-table, and in Gethsemane? Is it true that you have
forgotten Me so soon?" The Lord might have upbraided him with
questions such as these: but He did nothing of the kind. He cast one
look on Peter: and there was so much love in it that it broke that
bold disciple's heart: and he went out and wept bitterly.

And after Christ rose from the dead see how tenderly He dealt with
the erring disciple. The angel at the sepulchre says, "Tell His
disciples, _and Peter_." (Mark xvi. 7.) The Lord did not forget
Peter, though Peter had denied Him thrice; so He caused this kindly
special message to be conveyed to the repentant disciple. What a
tender and loving Saviour we have!

Friend, if you are one of the wanderers, let the loving look of the
Master win you back; and let Him restore you to the joy of His
salvation.

Before closing, let me say that I trust God will restore some
backslider reading these pages, who may in the future become a useful
member of society and a bright ornament of the Church. We should
never have had the thirty-second Psalm if David had not been
restored: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin
is covered"; or that beautiful fifty-first Psalm which was written by
the restored backslider. Nor should we have had that wonderful sermon
on the day of Pentecost when three thousand were converted--preached
by another restored backslider.

May God restore other backsliders and make them a thousand times more
used for His glory than they ever were before.

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