Crossing through north India a Christian missionary met an old man. Overcome by the heat and the strain of travel, he sank down dying by the side of the road. The missionary saw him and, kneeling down at his side, whispered into his ear: "Brother, what is your hope?"
The dying man raised himself a little to reply, and with a great effort succeeded in answering: "The blood of Jesus Christ... cleanseth us from all sin." A moment later he died.
The answer and the calm and peaceful assurance of the man astonished the missionary; he felt assured he had died in Christ. How, or when, he thought, could this man have obtained the knowledge of salvation? As he thought of it, he saw a piece of paper grasped tightly in the hand of the dead man. Surprised and delighted, he found it was a single page of the Bible containing the first chapter of the first epistle of John. On that one page the man had found the Word of Life.
Many of us have Bibles of our own, but do you value the Word of God as this poor man did? Have you ever put your trust in the Lord Jesus and His shed blood on Calvary? If you haven't, why delay longer? Come to Him now and know with assurance that He has washed your sins all away in His own precious blood.