WHAT a very great favor it is to have a good and solid foundation to our religion! The house built upon the sand must certainly fall; but the house built upon the Rock must as certainly stand.
A very interesting illustration of this is given in that living book, “The Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars,” the godly soldier, who nobly died at the post of duty in the Crimea. His religion made him truly brave, for he had no fear of death.
In one of his letters home he thus writes: “I do not think I ever told you of Craney’s happy death. Shortly before he breathed his last, he asked Dr. Twining to read the eighth chapter of Romans to him. As he read, the dying man’s breath became shorter, and his face brighter; and as the last words fell upon his ear: ‘Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord,’—he said, ‘Thank you, Sir; that will do,’ and died.”
Yes, here is a firm foundation that will indeed do. It will do for time, it will do for death, and it will do for eternity. Do you think, dear reader, that you could in the same position, use the same words that were used by the dying soldier?