With  one  other  argument  I  conclude.  He  is  an
indispensable  Mediator.  The  only  Mediator,  so  the
text  says.  "Neither  knoweth  any  man  the  Father,
save  the  Son."  Christ  knows  the  Father;  no  one
else  knows  him,  save  the  Son.  There  is  none  other
that  can  approach  unto  God.  It  is  Jesus  Christ  for
your  Saviour,  or  else  for  you  there  is  no  Saviour  at
all.  Salvation  is  in  no  other;  and  if  you  will  not
have  Christ,  neither  can  you  have  salvation.  Ob
serve  how  that  is.  It  is  certain  that  no  man  knows
God  except  Christ.  It  is  equally  certain  that  no
man  can  come  to  God  except  by  Christ.  He  says
it  peremptorily :  "  No  man  cometh  to  the  Father  but
by  me."  Not  less  certain  is  it  that  no  man  can
please  the  Father  except  through  Christ,  for  "  with
out  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  him."  No  faith
is  worth  having  except  the  grace  that  is  founded
and  based  upon  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  him
only.  Oh,  then,  souls,  since  you  are  shut  up  to  it
by  a  blessed  necessity,  say  at  once,  "  I  will  to  the
gracious  Prince  approach,  and  take  Jesus  to  be  my
all  in  all."  If  I  might  hope  you  would  do  this  early,


124  THE   PRESENT   TRUTH.
I  could  go  back  to  my  home  and  retire  to  my  bed,
praising  God  for  the  work  that  was  done,  and  the
result  that  was  achieved.  Let  us  reiterate  again
and  again  the  gospel  we  have  to  declare,  the  very
essence  of  the  gospel  it  is  which  we  proclaim.
