DO YOU KNOW,―that every time a Chinese person uses the above character (the ordinary Chinese word for “COME”) he draws a picture of a cross, a Man, (written thus, A.), on that cross, between two other men, on either side one?
Yet so it is.
Every time the Chinese write the word Come, they must draw this wonderful picture. Most of them do not know the meaning, but does it not bring to your mind those words about the Lord Jesus,― “They crucified Him, and two other with Him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.”
What a picture! A Man on a Cross, His pierced hands stretched wide calling to you,
“COME”
Have you heard His call? Have you obeyed? Have you Come? May this little book be a voice from that same Man, now in the glory, saying to you, “Come Home!”
I gave a Chinese tract with this character for “Come” on it to a Chinese carpenter named David Ding. He looked at it, and pointing to the character remarked, “Every Chinese Character has a message.”
“Yes,” I replied, “What message does that character have?”
“That is a message from the Heavenly Father. He says
‘My Child, Come Home’”
“That is truly so. Have you ‘Come Home’, David?”
“No, Me no come Home,” replied David sadly, and then laying his hand on his heart he added, “Me too dirty inside.”
David had only heard half the message. He knew the Heavenly Father was calling “My Child, Come Home!” But he did not know that the Lord Jesus Christ had said, “I came not to call the righteous, but SINNERS to repentance”. Nor did he know that,―
“The Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin”
You know this. You have heard the Heavenly Father’s message, but,―
Have you ‘COME HOME’?