No,  no ;  but  he  says  you,  young  lady ;  you,  young
man,  as  if  you  were  the  only  person  living  on  the
face  of  the  earth.  Mark  this:  Nowhere  in  that
record  does  our  God  speak  to  the  people  of  this  city
or  that  city,  collectively;  to  this  country  or  that
state ;  all  the  people  on  the  continent  of  America  or
the  isles  of  the  sea,  or  the  ships  that  go  down  to  do
business  on  the  great  waters,  or  all  the  continents  of
the  earth.
He  does  not  speak  to  man  in  that  way;  but  He
says,  sir,  "What  shall  it  profit  a  man?"— a  man!
Oh,  do  you  realize  it?  How  many  men  I  have
found — I  would  ask  them  a  little  about  their  per-
sonal interest — "  Why,  I  am  sorry  I  am  so  and  so,  like
a  great  many  others," — not  willing  to  take  a  per-
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sonal  stand.  And  I  should  not  wonder  if  some  per-
sons here  to-night  were  on  the  way  to  everlasting
death ;  and  you  want  to  palliate  your  course  because
somebody  else  is  going.  But  mark  you  this :  God
has  a  personality  here.
