The fulfilment of the first part of the promise could be testified lry thousands of living Christians in the present day. They would say, if their evidence could be collected, that when they came to Christ by faith, they found in Ilim more than they expected. They have tasted peace, and hope, and comfort, since they first believed, which, with all their doubts and fears, they would not exchange for anything in this world. They have found grace according to their need, and strength according to their days. In themselves and their own hearts they have often been dis- appointed ; but they have never been disappointed in Christ.
The fulfilment of the other half of the promise will never be fully known until the judgment-day. That day alone shall reveal the amount of good that every believer is made the instrument of doing to others, from the very day of his conversion. Some do good while they live, by their tongues ; like the Apostles and first preachers of the Gos- pel. Some do good when they are dying ; like Stephen and the penitent thief, and our own mai tyred Reformers at the stake. Some do good long after they are dead, by their writings ; like Baxter and Bunyan and M'Cheyne. But in one way or another, probably, almost all believers will be found to have been fountains of blessings. By word or by deed, by precept or by example, directly or indirectly, they are always leaving their marks on others. They know it not now ; but they will find at last that it is true. Christ's saying shall be fulfilled.
Do we ourselves know anything of " coming to Christ? " This is the question that should arise in our hearts as we leave this passage. The worst of all states of soul is to be without feeling or concern about eternity, — to be without " thirst." The greatest of all mistakes is to try to find re- lief in any other way than the one before us, — the way of Rimply " coming to Christ." It is one thing to come to