give it. The moment a man is willing to take it as a gift it is his. There is one thing I notice that a man goes in every direction, seeks every means, tries every person for rest before he comes to the true source. He will try to get rest in the world, he will try to find honor in pleasure, in politics, but he don't get it. You cannot find one of these politicians who know what rest is; you cannot find one of those business men who knows what rest is unless he has Christ. Ask any man who is after the things of the world if he really knows what rest is, and he will answer you "no." If you come to Christ He tells you: "I will" give it. I like this "I will." He means it; and if you want rest, go to-night and say you are weary and your soul is seeking rest, and He will give it. He will give it without price. Take it. O man, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thine help." In Him is your help and in Him will you find rest. If there is a poor, mangled one here, come to Christ to-night and confess to Him. Come to Christ and He will take your burden away and put it behind His back, and He will give that weary soul rest. Now, just test it to-night. Let every one who is weary and heavy-laden come to Him tonight.

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The next "I will " is in John, sixth chapter: "Him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out." That is broad as the world itself. It takes that man in the gallery yonder; it may be there is a poor, afflicted one hidden behind that post, it takes him; it just sweeps around this building, taking rich and poor alike"He that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out." He is so anxious to save sinners He will take every one that comes. will take those who are so full of sin that they are despised by all who know them; who have been rejected by their fathers and mothers, who have been cast off by the wives of their bosoms. He will take those who have sunk so low that upon them no eye of pity is cast. "Him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out." Now, why not take Him at His word? I remember a few years ago a man in Farwell Hall was greatly troubled about his soul. " 'Now," said I, "take that verse; what does the Lord mean when He says, 'Him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out.' When He says that He means it." The man replied, "I will just take Him at His word." He started home, and while going over the Clark Street bridge, something whispered to him: "How do you know but that is a wrong translation?" He was just laying right hold of it when this was whispered to him. The poor fellow didn't sleep any that night. He was greatly troubled, but at last he made up his mind that he would just believe it, and when he got to the Lamb of God he would tell Him of it, and the devil left him. Now,

my friends, just take it. Some men say; "I am not worthy to come." I never knew a man yet to go to church that was worthy. Why, He does not profess to save worthy men; He saves sinners. As a man said in the inquiry room: He didn't come to save make-believe sinners-painted sinners, but real sinners. A man don't want to draw his filthy rags of selfrighteousness about him when he comes to Him. The only thing a sinner has that God wants is his sin. You need not bring your tears, your prayers, your good works, or deeds; you must come to Him as a sinner, and He will clothe you in a garment fit to come before Him. Now the kings of this earth call around them the wealthy and influential men of their kingdom, but when Christ came down here He called the outcasts, the publicans, and sinners around Him. And that was the principal fault the people found with Him. Those self-righteous Pharisees were not going to associate with harlots and publicans. The principal charge against Him was: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them." Who would have had such a man around him as John Bunyan in his time. He, a Bedford tinker, why he couldn't get inside one of the princely castles. I was very much amused when I was over on the other side. They had erected a monument to John Bunyan, and it was unveiled by lords and dukes and great men. Why, while he was on earth they wouldn't allow him inside the walls of their castles. Yet he was made one of the mightiest instruments in the spread of the gospel; no book that has ever been written comes so near the Bible as John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress." And he was a poor Bedford tinker. So it is with God. He picks up some poor lost tramp, and makes him an instrument to turn hundreds and thousands to Christ. It is a question whether in all Chicago there is a man who is exercising such an influence for good as this man Sawyer. Four years ago he was a tramp; he had been cast off by his own mother, by his own sisters; by his wife, and he hadn't seen his own son for fifteen years. Then he was a lost man. Cast off by every one, but the Son of God stooped low enough to save him. I doubt, as I said before, whether there is a man who has so much influence as that man has to-day. "He that cometh unto me I will in nowise cast out." Is there some poor outcast, some poor tramp, here to-night? I've got a good message for you. May be you are hiding away behind that post--I've got a good message for you, the best message you ever heard: "Him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out." Come all-just as you are. Don't wait. He will take you as you sit into His loving bosom; He will make you a champion of the cross, and you will become an instrument in His hand to build up His kingdom, Thank God for such a

book; thank God for such a gospel—thank the God of heaven for such a text: "Him that cometh to Me I will in nowise cast out."

The next "I will" is found in Luke. We are told of a man who was full of leprosy; he was just rotten with it. Perhaps his fingers had rotted off; it might have been that his nose was eaten off. That is the way leprosy effects a man. Well, there is a man full of leprosy, and he comes to Christ just as he was. A good many people, if they had been in his place, would have waited till they got a little better before they came before Him; but this man wanted to get the leprosy away. If he had waited to see if he got better there would have been no sense in it. A man might as well, if he had a sick child, say, "When it gets better I will send for the doctor." It is because your child is sick that you want the doctor. It is because this man had the leprosy that he wanted Christ. The leper came to him and said: "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean." There is faith for you; and the Lord touched him, saying, "I will; be thou clean,” and away went the leprosy as if it had been struck by lightning. I have often wondered if he ever turned around to see where it had gone; no doubt, like Naaman, his flesh became as the flesh of a little child. He didn't wait to see whether the leprosy would improve, because he was convinced it was growing worse and worse every day. So it is with you. You will never have a night so favorable for coming to Christ as this one. If you put off till to-morrow your sins will have become more numerous. If you wait till Sunday next a whole week's sin will be built upon those you have already. Therefore, the sooner you come the fewer sins you will have to be forgiven. Come to Him to-night. If you say to Him, "Lord, I am full of sin, Thou canst make me clean ;" "Lord, I have a terrible temper-Thou canst make me clean ;" "Lord I have a deceitful heart-cleanse me, O God; give me a new heart, O God; give me the power to overcome the flesh and the snares of the devil!"—if you come to Him with a sincere spirit you will hear the voice, “I will; be thou clean." It will be done. Do you think that God who created the world out of nothing, who by a breath put life into the world-do you think that if He says "Thou wilt be clean," you will not? A great many people say; "If I become converted, I am afraid I will not hold out." Why, don't you see that we cannot serve God with our own strength. When we accept Him He gives us strength to serve Him. When He has taken away the leprosy of sin it is easy to live for Him. And I want to call your attention to the fact that even if you are bad He don't care. It may be that some one here has disgraced his or her father or mother; it may be that they

have disgraced every friend they ever had, and that they just despise themselves. Come to Him and He will cleanse you. It is to you I am speaking to-night. He can save you to the

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The next "I will" I want to call your attention to is the "I will" of confession in Matthew; "Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in Heaven." Let me say right here that this is the very verse up to which men in Chicago have come. Men come to me and say: "Do you mean to affirm, Mr. Moody, that I've got to make a public confession when I accept Christ; do you mean to say I've got to confess Him in my place of business; in my family; am I to let the whole world know that I am on His side?" A great many are willing to accept Christ, but they are not willing to publish it, to confess it. A great many are looking at the lions and the bears in the mountains. Now, my friends, the devil's mountains are only made of smoke. Why, he can throw a straw into your path and make a mountain of it. He says to you; "You cannot confess and pray to your family; why, you'll break down. You cannot tell it to your shopmate; he will laugh at you." But when you accept Him you will have power to confess Him. He has said: "If any man will come after Me let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." It is the way to heaven-by the way of the cross, and I believe in my soul that more men are stumbling upon this verse than upon any other. They are willing to do everything necessary except take up the cross and follow Him. Now, let me read this verse again : 'Whosoever, therefore, shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father, which is in heaven." When I was in London there was a leading doctor in that city upwards of seventy years of age, wrote me a note to come and see him privately about his soul. He was living at a country seat a little way out of London, and he only came into town two or three times a week. He was wealthy and was nearly retired. I received the note right in the midst of the London work, and told him I could not see him. I received a note a day or two after rud a member of his family urging me to come. The letter said his wife had been praying for him for fifty years, and all the children had become Christians by her prayers. She had prayed for him all those years, but no impression had been made upon him. Upon his desk they had found the letter from me, and they came up to London to see what it meant, and I said I would see him. When we met I asked him if he wanted to become a Christian, and he seemed every way willing, but when it came to confession to his family he halted. "I tell you," said he, “I cannot do

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that; my life has been such that I would not like to confess before my family." "Now there is the point; if you are not willing to confess Christ He will not confess you; you cannot be His disciple." We talked for some time, and he accepted. I found that while I had been in one room the daughter and some friends, anxious for the salvation of that aged parent, were in the other room praying to God, and when he started out, willing to go home and confess Christ, I opened the door of the other room, not knowing the daughter was there, and the first words she said were: "Is my father saved ?" Yes, I think he is," I answered, and ran down to the front door and called him back. "Your daughter is here," I said; "this is the time to commence your confession." The father, with tears trickling down his cheeks, embraced his child. "My dear daughter, I have accepted Christ," and a great flood of light broke upon him at that confession. A great many here in Chicago are ashamed to come out and take their stand for Christ. If you want peace and joy my friends, you must be willing to confess. I am told that in China the height of a Chinaman's ambition is to have his name put in the house of Confucius. He must have performed some great act of valor or done the State some great service before he can have his name there. That is the highest point of a Chinaman's ambition. It ought to be the height of our ambition to have our name registered in heaven and have Christ to confess us in the courts of heaven. How excited we used to be during the war when some General did something extraordinary, and some one got up in Congress to confess his exploits. How the papers used to talk about it. If we come out for Christ here He will confess us in heaven before the Throne and the angels. May God help you to confess Him tonight.

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Another "I will"-to me a very precious "I will"-v given to those early fishermen. He said: "If you will follow Me I will make you fishers of men." That is the "I will" of service. I pity those Christians from the very depth of my heart, who have only made a profession of religion, and stopped there. My friends, they don't have the joy of salvation. I tell you the only happy Christians are those who are fishers of men. If a man be a true Christian he wins souls. He cannot help it, for He says, "If you will follow Me I will make you fishers of men." Peter caught more men at Pentecost than he ever caught fish in his nets. I have often thought of the remark one of the disciples made to Him as they were standing together one day : "Lord, we have left all to follow Thee." What did they leave? A few old fishing boats and broken nets. They were looking to those they had left behind, and a great many people here are