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eloved brothers--Sunderlin, Mann, Jones, Adamson and theeditor of the "TOWER." It is needless for me to tell you that itwas a delightful and profitable season.These precious truths thrill my whole being. I am willing tospend and be spent, in telling the "story of Jesus and His Love."Pray for me, that I may have wisdom to "rightly divide the wordof truth," and grace to enable me to suffer with Christ, and withyou share the glories of the world to come. "Now may the Godof peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, thatgreat Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlastingcovenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will,working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, throughJesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."ROBERT BAILEY,Howardsville, Mich.====================R246 : page 6"IT'S ALL IN THE DOCUMENT."In conversing with an inquiring soul, who was seeking to findhow he might know his sins were forgiven, it pleased the Lordto use the following illustration, as bringing before him thesimple message of the gospel as in Gal. 3:13. He could not gethold of the truth in the verse, and had been told: "Now, myfriend, instead of trusting just what that word reveals, andaccepting your pardon upon the authority of God's word, andcommencing the service of God as a saved man, you areoccupied with looking at your feeling or something in yourself,in some expected change of heart, as a ground of hope that youare saved. Let me give you this illustration: Suppose three menunder condemnation for crime, and shut up in prison, were toreceive, each of them, as an act of grace from the governor, apardon. This pardon is a written document signed with thegovernor's name and bearing the seal of state. Now upon whatground does the keeper of the prison release these three menfrom the penalty of their crime?""Why, on the ground of the pardon by the governor.""Yes, just so. Supposing one of them should come to the keeperafter having had the pardon handed to him, and should weep,and cry, and feel bad on account of his crime. Would hisweeping and crying and feeling bad be the reason of the keeperunlocking the door and setting him free?""No; it would not. He is let go because of the pardon.""Supposing another should come after having received thepardon, and begin to beg and plead and pray with the keeper invery earnest, touching words to be released. Would his begging