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of those whom Jesus saved was Bill Wilson, one of the
co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous.<SPAN> </SPAN>Wilson
was an alcoholic -- a hopeless drunk.<SPAN> </SPAN>Then,
in 1934, he had a religious experience that put him on the
road to recovery.<SPAN> </SPAN>Nearly three decades
later, he wrote a letter to the famous psychiatrist, Carl
Jung.<SPAN> </SPAN>He told Jung how Jung's earlier
treatment of an alcoholic, Rowland H., contributed to the
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had treated Rowland H. for alcoholism, but Rowland had
repeatedly relapsed, as often happens with
alcoholics.<SPAN> </SPAN>Finally, Dr. Jung told Rowland
that neither medicine nor psychiatry could help
him.<SPAN> </SPAN>Rowland's condition was essentially
hopeless.<SPAN> </SPAN>But Dr. Jung held out one small
ray of hope, which was this -- a genuine religious or
spiritual experience might save him.<SPAN> </SPAN>That
was Rowland's only hope.</SPAN></P>
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respected Carl Jung so much that he decided to try the
religious route.<SPAN> </SPAN>He joined the Oxford
Group, an evangelical Christian fellowship that introduced him
to Christ and led him to the religious conversion that he
needed.<SPAN> </SPAN>As a result, he was
saved.<SPAN> </SPAN>He was able to stop
drinking.</SPAN></P>
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about the same time, Bill Wilson was having a similar
experience.<SPAN> </SPAN>His physician, Dr. Silkworth,
pronounced him hopeless too.<SPAN> </SPAN>But, learning
of Rowland's experience, Bill Wilson prayed for God's help --
and got it.<SPAN> </SPAN>He said:</SPAN></P>
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align=center>"In that moment I knew I was healed. </P>
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align=center>In that moment I knew that the addiction was
broken, </P>
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<P
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asked <SPAN>William Boot</SPAN><SPAN>h</SPAN> to explain the
success of the Salvation Army.<SPAN> </SPAN>He
responded:</P>
<P
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<P
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align=center>I'll tell you a secret.<SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P
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align=center>God has had all there was of me.<SPAN>
</SPAN></P>
<P
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align=center>On the day I caught a vision </P>
<P
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align=center>of what Jesus Christ could do with the poor of
London, </P>
<P
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align=center>I made up my mind that God would have all of
William Booth there was.<SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P
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align=center>And if there is any power in the Salvation Army
today, </P>
<P
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align=center>it is because God has had all the adoration of my
heart, </P>
<P
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align=center>all the power of my will, </P>
<P
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align=center>and all the influence of my life.</P>
<P
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<P
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>* <SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*</SPAN></P>
<P
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<P
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align=center>The person who offers to God a second place </P>
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align=center>offers him no place.</P>
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align=center> </P>
<P
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align=center>John Ruskin</P>
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lang=EN-CA></SPAN> </P>
<P
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<P
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*</SPAN></P>
<P
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<P
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align=center>I'm going to heaven </P>
<P
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align=center>and I believe I'm going by the blood of
Christ.<SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P
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align=center>That's not popular preaching, </P>
<P
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align=center>but I'll tell you it's all the way through the
Bible </P>
<P
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align=center>and I may be the last fellow on earth who
preaches it, </P>
<P
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align=center>but I'm going to preach it </P>
<P
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align=center>because it's the only way we're going to get
there.</P>
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<P
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align=center>Billy Graham</P>
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<P
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</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*</SPAN></P>
<P
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<P
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align=center>All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass
-- </P>
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align=center>Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners.</P>
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align=center> </P>
<P
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align=center>Archibald Alexander</P>
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</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN>
</SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*<SPAN> </SPAN>*</SPAN></P>
<P
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<P
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align=center>Jesus blew everything apart, </P>
<P
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align=center>and when I saw where the pieces landed </P>
<P
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align=center>I knew I was free.</P>
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align=center>George Foster</P></DIV>
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Calls Us</SPAN><FONT
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style="COLOR: black">Cecil Frances Alexander (her married
name) was an outstanding young woman by virtue of ability,
education, and service.<SPAN> </SPAN>While still quite
young, she and her sister operated a school for the deaf, and
she also published a highly successful book of hymns for
children -- designating the profits for the benefit of the
school.</SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black">She married William Alexander, an
Anglican clergyman who later became the Anglican Archbishop
for all of Ireland.<SPAN> </SPAN>Impressed by her hymns,
he asked her to write a hymn for use during the coming Sunday
worship based on the call of<SPAN> </SPAN>Simon, Andrew,
James, and John (Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-18).<SPAN>
</SPAN>She wrote this hymn, "Jesus Calls Us," for that
occasion.<SPAN> </SPAN>She wrote 400 hymns during her
lifetime -- mostly children's hymns -- but "Jesus
Calls Us" and "All Things Bright and Beautiful" are the best
known.</SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black">The first verse of this hymn begins,
"Jesus calls us o'er the tumult of our life's wild, restless
sea" -- acknowledging the call of those first disciples by the
Sea of Galilee.<SPAN> </SPAN>A recurring theme is
"Christian, love me more" -- "Christian, love me more than
these" -- "serve and love thee best of all."<SPAN>
</SPAN>Those words were inspired by John 21:15, where Jesus,
after the resurrection, asked Peter, "Simon, son of John, do
you love me more than these?"<SPAN> </SPAN>The hymn
therefore acknowledges Jesus' claim, not only over the lives
of those first four disciples, but over the lives of every
Christian.</SPAN></P>
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