OLD Mrs. A. had been a God-fearing woman for many years, but was without full peace before God. Mrs. A.’s great trouble was her ungodly husband, whose conversation weighed her down sadly. One day the woman was much tempted of Satan, and she exclaimed, “Oh! I shall go to hell someday, yet.”
“Still,” cried her husband, “still, woman. If thou wast to go to hell, the devil would not have thee there for long, for thou wouldest always be harping upon thy Jesus.”
These words were used of God to clear away the poor woman’s doubts, for she saw that for a soul who loved God, to be with Satan was an impossibility.