29. What Think Ye

What Think Ye

INFIDEL LECTURER.—A woman once delivered a lecture against Christianity, in which she declared Christ to be a myth. One of the mill hands obtained permission to ask her a question, and then said: “Thirty years ago I was a curse to this town, and every person who had any respect for himself shrank from me. I often tried to do better, but could not. The temperance people got hold of me, but I broke the pledge so often that they said it was no use trying me any longer. Then the police took charge of me, and the magistrate sent me to prison; and though they all tried, I was nothing better, but rather worse. Next Christ took hold of me, He touched my heart and made a new man of me. You say that Christ is a myth; nay, the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.”

BONAPARTE’S TESTIMONY.—Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest of military generals, said shortly before his death: “I die before my time, and my body will be given back to earth to become food for worms. Such is the fate of him who has been called the great Napoleon! What an abyss between my misery and the eternal Kingdom of Christ, which is proclaimed, loved, and adored, and is extending over the whole earth.”

SOFT ANSWERS.—A missionary in Jamaica was questioning the little black boys on the meaning of Matthew 5:5, and asked, “Who are the meek?” A boy answered: “Those who give soft answers to rough questions.”

SHOW ME THIS DOCTOR.—A blind man, who had never seen from his birth, found a lady who, appreciating his worth, became his wife. Several bright children became theirs, who tenderly loved their blind father. An eminent physician met the blind man and informed him that his sight could be restored. The operation was performed successfully. The father was handed a rose; he had smelled one, but had never seen one before. Then he looked upon the face of his wife, who had been so true; and then the children were brought who he had so often fondled. All at once he exclaimed: “Oh, why have I seen all these before inquiring for the man by whose skill I have been enabled to behold them! Show me the doctor!”

FORGIVING CRUELTY.—While a heathen tyrant was cruelly beating a Christian, he said, “What great matter did Christ ever do for you?” “Even this,” replied the Christian, “that I can forgive you though you use me so cruelly.”

TELL FATHER I DIED FOR YOU.—A vessel was on fire far out at sea. All had been taken off except a mother and her little boy. There was room yet in the lifeboat for but one, and not a moment to spare. Who should be saved—mother or child? She glanced down at the frightened child clinging to her skirt. She could not let him die. The flames were curling around them. Pressing the child to her bosom, she said: “Willie, tell father I died for you.” The boy was lowered into the lifeboat; it pushed away from the vessel and the mother perished. NOT BARABBAS, BUT JESUS.—Tremellius was a Jew, from whose heart the veil had been taken away, and who had been led by the Holy Spirit to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God. The Jews who had condemned our Saviour had said, “Not this man, but Barabbas.” Tremellius, when near his end, glorying in Christ, and renouncing all in competition with Him, said: “Not Barabbas, but Jesus.”