As but little is revealed in reference to The Will, it is my purpose to speak or write but little about it, lest I add to Revelation and have the plagues written therein added to me.

I only know in part about the human will. I only know in part about the will and ways of God.

Jesus says, "Men love darkness rather than light” and "ye will not come to me," But I re­joice that through grace, my will is sweetly in­clined to love Jesus and His church. And some­times I have the comfortable assurance that Jesus loves me.

My sincere will and prayer to God is, that "philosophy," "reason" or "logic," may be put away from our pulpit or press. Reason is too imperfect to be our guide. The Trinity-in-unity of God is unreasonable, yet I know that it is so because God says so. Not "logic," not "reason," but Revelation is our guide. I long to hear less of "logic" and more of the consoling gospel mes­sage of love, and salvation by grace through our Lord Jesus Christ. My devout will is to hear that "God who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved." Eph. ii. 5.

Before I was changed or called by grace, my will and chief delight was to stand with the world, and indulge in sin. But since my will or affections have been renewed, I hate the things I once loved, and love the things I once hated. Since this great change has been wrought in my heart. I hate sin and love holiness. My humble hope is that God has wrought this change in my will, by the renewing work of the Holy Ghost. And by His present grace, I trust that God still "worketh in" me “To will and to do,”  So that I now desire to please or obey Him. "The love of Christ constraineth” me, so that I now have the will to linger near the cross and hear the com­forting passage, that "When we were yet with­out strength, in due time, Christ died for the ungodly." Rom v. 5. In view of this, oh believer, let us rejoice to sing:

We love the preaching of the cross,

We love to count all things but dross;

We love to hear the preacher tell,

How Jesus saved our souls from hell.

May we ever love our Lord and humbly fol­low His steps. Let us not encourage error, but in meekness instruct those who hold it. May we in humbleness of mind, turn from the unlearned questions of philosophy concerning The Will etc., and glory in "The Lord our righteousness" Jer. xxxiii. 16. Let us not glory in men, nor in the strife of tongues. We should not trust in our brethren nor in ourselves to save us from the ways of error. Jesus who has all power is our Friend, and He will save us.

Harken! our Lord speaks to us. "Avoid op­positions of science." I Tim. vi. 20. "Unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes," II Tim. ii. 23. So, brethren, let us not strive or be contentious; for "Only by pride cometh contention." Prov. xiii. 10.

Sparta, Tex.         M.D. DENMAN.