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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 1.

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FREE SALVATION.—

In his address in the London Tavern, during the week of prayer, Mr. Spurgeon used the following simple, but impressive, illustration of the freedom of salvation, and of the terms of its application: I was told lately by a young man who had been in Scotland, that he came one day to a gate, when the gate-keeper’s little girl ran down and shut it, saying, “You have not to pay anything to pass; you have only to say, ‘Please allow me to go through.’” The young man did as he was directed, and simply repeated, “Please allow me to go through,” and the gate was immediately opened. The owner just wished to preserve the right of entrance—that was all. So, simply—“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”