John 3:7
A certain village church possessed a fine-toned bell, of which the villagers were very proud. By some accident it became cracked. A blacksmith was engaged to repair it. He riveted it so skillfully as to render the crack invisible. The bell was rehung, but oh! the appalling discord when it was rung! It was taken down and recast. The result was a new bell of sweeter tone than the old one. Man has devised many apparently clever schemes for the restoration of sin-diseased hearts. They are all failures. A new heart molded by God Himself is the only remedy. My Note Book.
Yes, God alone can save the soul, and there is only one sacrifice that avails to put away human sin—the finished work of Jesus.
Yesterday I had the following beautiful letter from a wounded soldier, who anxious about his soul, wrote to me―I answered his letter pointing him to Christ, and sending him some books to read. This is the letter I had from him yesterday:—
“O Lamb of God I Come!”
My dear Dr. Wreford,
“I must lose no time in writing to thank you for writing ‘What is there after death?’ I am in bed and have lain there reading your book, and when I reached the end I knew I was saved. I can now say in answer to the text you wrote in your last letter, ‘Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and I will give you rest,’ ‘O Lamb of God I come!’
“How can I thank you for showing me the way to the ‘still waters,’ and I know you will forgive me for writing at once in bed. Again thanking you―I am most sincerely yours, A. S.―B. D. Pte.”
Yet another letter come to cheer us in our work, and to give us greater love for it.
When we think of the desolated homes―the widows and the fatherless—our hearts cry out to God that we might be able to cheer and comfort such. We should be glad to write about Christ to any in sorrow now. The picture we reproduce is one whose pathos will appeal to many.
If any soldier or sailor would like us to write to their wives or send them Testaments and books we will gladly do so. We want to be a real help to souls in these terrible days.