saved' or you are 'perishing.' No man becomes a devil all at once,
and no man becomes an angel all at once. Trust yourself to Christ,
and He will lift you to Himself; turn your back upon Him, as some of
you are doing, and you will settle down, down, down in the muck and
the mire of your own sensuality and selfishness, until at last the
foul ooze spreads over your head, and you are lost in the bog for
ever.



'THEN SHALL THE LAME MAN LEAP AS AN HART'

'Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour
of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2. And a certain man lame from
his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate
of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that
entered into the temple; 3. Who, seeing Peter and John about to
go into the temple, asked an alms. 4. And Peter, fastening his
eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us. 5. And he gave heed
unto them, expecting to receive something of them. 6. Then Peter
said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I
thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and
immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8. And he
leaping up, stood, and walked, and entered with them into the
temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 9. And all the
people saw him walking and praising God: 10. And they knew that
it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple:
and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had
happened unto him. 11. And as the lame man which was healed held