A MAN CAN RECEIVE NOTHING EXCEPT IT BE GIVEN HIM FROM HEAVEN.  JOHN 3:  27.

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HIS COVENANT.

"Know, that the Lord, thy God he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations."

"My Covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."

"I will not suffer my faithfulness to fail."

"I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it."

"He is faithful that promised."

"I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David."

"Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David."

"God is not a man, that he should lie; hath he said and shall he not do it? hath he spoken and shall he not make it good?"

"Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven; thy faithfulness is unto all generations, thy word is true from the beginning."

"Thy faithfulness is unto all generations."

"The word of our God shall stand forever."

"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the things whereto I sent it."

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ANSWERS TO PRAYER

A WONDERFUL ANSWER TO PRAYER AND PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

A trustful Christian, whose heart had been deeply touched with thoughts of religion, was one day thinking and pondering and wishing that he might be more truly convinced of the actual existence of the Holy Spirit.  “If,” thought he, “there is a Holy Spirit, a Superior Mind and Will, I reverently and sincerely wish that I may be convinced of it beyond all doubt; that I may indeed know God is a living reality and daily guide and mighty among the plans and ways of men.”  Though having all the needed mental, historic and heart belief and trust in God—­still there was desired that special satisfaction which can only come by personal evidence.

With reverent feeling one morning, he asked the Lord humbly, in Prayer, “What can thy servant, do for thee this day?  Teach him, that he may gladly minister to any one in thy name.”  In the course of the day there came to him the thought of the revival services then proceeding in Brooklyn, and feeling a cordial sympathy, he sat down and wrote a letter to Mr. Moody, with these words:  “I know not how you are supported, or anything of your needs; but I feel like helping you in your good work.  Enclosed find check for $25; take it and use it if you need it for yourself; if not, then do some good with it.”  The circumstance was almost forgotten, when the day after there came this wonderful reply from Mr. Moody: