THE eternal Son of the Father looked out upon a world in distress. He saw that only one thing could save it from destruction—the sacrifice of His own life. This He surrendered, and the surrender showed Him willing to save. Yes, but thank God, Christ was able, too. Some angel might have been willing; some saint might have been ready; but “none of them can by any means redeem his brother.” God could satisfy, but He could not suffer. Man could suffer, but he could not satisfy. But Christ was both God and Man, and so He showed Himself both able and willing to save.
J. B. FIGGIS.
In the journal of George Fox is this confession: “I knew Jesus, and He was very precious to my soul; but I found something in me which would not keep patient and kind. I did what I could to keep it down, but it was there. I besought Jesus to do something for me, and when I gave Him my will, He came into my heart, and cast out all that would not be kind, all that would not be patient, and then He shut the door.”