When D. L. Moody approached the president of a mining company about his soul's salvation the man listened patiently and courteously, then said: "It's too cheap, I can't believe it is true. You ask me to do nothing but accept Christ in order to obtain salvation. It is too cheap. It should cost more than that."
Mr. Moody replied: "Did you go down into the mine shaft today?"
"Yes", said the man, "I did."
"How far did you go down?"
"Oh, several hundred feet."
"How did you go down?"
"Well, I pushed a button, the lift came up. I pushed another button, the lift went down."
"That was all you did, just pushed a button?" Mr. Moody asked.
"Certainly," replied the president. "The company spent thousands to sink that shaft and install that elevator; but all I did was to push a button."
"That's it exactly," said Mr. Moody, "Salvation has been wrought out at a tremendous price. It is the costliest thing in the world. Yet God offers it to you free because of what God has done by His Son."
Of all the gifts Thy love bestows,
Thou Giver of all good,
Not heaven itself a richer knows
Than the Redeemer’s blood.