Here is the offense of the cross in cultured ages: it is that people must go with empty hands, knowing our utter need of the pardoning mercy of Almighty God. We like a little toil and sweat. We measure the value of most things by all that it has cost us to procure them. And Calvary costs us nothing, though it cost God everything. The love and the life of it are freely offered, and to a commercial age there is something suspicious and offensive there. Ah, people, if I preached salvation by good works, how it would appeal to many an eager heart. I do not believe that if you do your best, all is well for time and for eternity. But I do believe—