Away back some years ago it is recorded in history of a man that was
condemned to be put to death, that when he came to lay his head on the
block the prince asked him if there was any one petition that he could
grant him, and all that the condemned man asked for was a glass of
water. They went and got him a tumbler of water, and when he got it
his hand trembled so that he could not get it to his mouth. The prince
said to him, "Your life is safe until you drink that water." He took
the prince at his word, and dashed the water to the ground. They could
not gather it up, and so he saved his life. My friends, you can be
saved to-night by taking God at His word. The water of life is offered
to "whosoever will." Take it now, and live. Faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. x. 17).
Faith is not what we see or feel,
It is a simple trust;
In what a God of love has said
Of Jesus as the Just.