N the exercise of his high calling,the faithful ambassador of Christ must not scruple to declare thewhole counsel of God—“rightly dividing the word of truth,” to allclasses of hearers. He must warn the openly wicked man that if hepersists in his evil courses, the just judgments of God willinevitably overtake him; he must unmask the hypocrite; he mustutter no uncertain protest against the crooked and devious waysof the self-seeker and the time-server. But if he enters into theSpirit of his Master, no part of his public work will be morecongenial or delightful than the proclamation of the full, free,and sovereign grace of God, manifestedtowards sinful men in the gift of His Eternal Son, to be theSaviour of the world. It has been my happy privilege in yearspast to tell out, as best I could, this wonderful story ofredeeming grace. The following pages record the addresses I havegiven on the various aspects of this great subject. I pray Godthat in their printed form they may serve to deepen in the mindof the reader the appreciation of this grace, at once so infiniteand so undeserved.

The chapter entitled “A Chime of Gospel Bells,”though not strictly flowing out of the general subject, is inperfect harmony with it; every note in the chime is intended toring out the gracious invitation to “Come” to the God of allgrace and be blessed. The Dialogues which form the latter part ofthe book were heard with much interest and profit at some of theLondon meetings; I think the perusal of them will be helpful inremoving many of the hindrances that prevent anxious inquirersfrom accepting without delay the salvation that God in His gracehas provided for the sinful children of men.