Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, came into the world, and suffered
and died, that He might "save His people from their sins"
(Matthew i. 21). It was for this that He shed His precious blood:
to "cleanse us from all sin." It was for this that the word of
God, with its wonderful promises, was given: "That by these ye
might be partakers of the Divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust" (2 Peter i. 4); by
which is meant, escape from inbred sin. It was for this that
ministers of the Gospel--Salvation Army Officers--are given, "for
the perfecting of the saints" (Eph. iv. 12), for the saving and
sanctifying of men (Acts xxvi. 18). It is primarily for this that
the Holy Ghost comes as a baptism of fire: that sin might be
consumed out of us, so that we might be "made meet for the
inheritance of the saints in light"; that so we might be ready
without a moment's warning to go into the midst of the heavenly
hosts in white garments, "washed in the blood of the Lamb." Glory
be to God for ever and ever!

And shall all these mighty agents and this heavenly provision,
and these gracious purposes of God, fail to destroy sin out of
any obedient, believing heart? Is sin omnipotent? No!

If you, my brother, my sister, will look unto Jesus just now,
trusting the merits of His blood, and receive the Holy Spirit
into your heart, you shall be "made free from sin"; it "shall not
have dominion over you." Hallelujah! Under the fiery touch of His
holy presence, your iniquity shall be taken away, and your sin
shall be purged. And you yourself shall burn as did the bush on
the mount of God which Moses saw; yet you, like the bush, shall
not be consumed; and by this holy fire, this flame of love,