UPON the urgent request of a friend, a lively, splendor-loving lady in Geneva, Claudine Levet, resolved once to listen to a Gospel preacher. She sat immediately in front of him, with an air of contempt; but as he preached Christ the expression of her face changed. When be closed, she asked, "How do you know what you said is true?”
“It is written here," he replied.
“Give me the Book," she said.
She took the Bible, went home and ordered that no one should disturb her, and remained locked in her room for three days. She came from that room a happy, decided Christian. Her aristocratic friends lamented that she was lost to them; she no longer cared for festivities, fashionable garments, and pleasures, but was continually visiting the poor and the sick, and reading the Bible.
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A few years ago there was a prize-fighter in England, strong as a giant, a rough and dreaded man. A few words from the Bible struck him like a thunderbolt, and made him a new man. A short time after he was met by a rival, who, having heard that he had become a Christian, mockingly challenged him to a fight, striking him in the face so hard that the blood gushed. He wiped off the blood, and said calmly, "If I did not know the Bible, I would have beaten you to death. I forgive you, and will not fight with you.”
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There lies in a hospital a man in his prime, who formerly was very active and traveled a great deal, but for years has been incurably paralyzed, so that he can move only his head and his hands, and often suffers intense pain.
A cheerless and hopeless existence, you will probably think. No; he has his Bible, and writes, "Not only the days, but the nights are too short to thank God with shouting and tears for all He gives me in His Word.”
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Reader, has the Word of God ever reached you? You neglect it at your peril. Receive its truth into your heart, and you will be blessed for time and eternity. They speak of the Lord Jesus as a Savior. God offers you salvation in them. ANON.