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He gloried thus to die for Christ, And counted it a rich reward. This man was Peter, Lo, a Jew, Wl;o died for Christ, Would I? Would you? A captive bound was brought one day To Nero’s judgment seat at Rome; For Christ he wore the heavy chain, For Christ he had nor wealth nor home; The noblest martyr Rome could boast Of all the thousands that she slew, The great apostle sent to God To Gentiles with the message true. This man was Paul, . E’en Paul the Jew, Who died for Christ, Would I? Would you? (Author unknown.) “That which gives the critics of the Bible their commanding influence on th e public mind is not their scholar ship, but the vantage ground they oc cupy as professors in Christian univer sities i and as ministers of Christian churches. Their power to attack the Bible is mainly due to positions they have gained by giving solemn pledges th a t they would defend th e Bible. They accept the Christian’s creed while they destroy the foundations on which it rests, posing meanwhile as persons of superior enlightenment and intelli gence. In no other sphere would such trifling be tolerated. If only these men could be got into Court, and subjected to cross-examination, they would lose h o t only their case, but their reputa tion.” S H O U L D T K I F L E R S B E T O L E R A T E D ? Sir Robert Anderson, the learned English judge, Hebrew scholar and Biblical expert, gave the following fear ful indictment:
tell us that “all things continue as they were from the beginning.” Before the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, he declared th a t this old earth is still in the infant class. Scientific studies, Professor Moulton re vealed, indicate that the present and future existence of the earth is a mil lion times a million years. Although Professor Moulton said it was impos sible to compute exactly the life of the planet, he made it plain th a t “the end of the world” from a scientific stand point, was thousands of millions of years away. We’ve “got the professor’s num ber.” It’s in 2 Pet. 3:3-10. One day in loved Jerusalem, T h e re ' rushed a shrieking, maddened crowd Upon a lowly kneeling form, Before his God and Savior bowed, And when with cruel stones they crushed His beautiful and gentile life, He prayed the Father to forgive Their ignorance and raging strife. This man was Stephen, Lo, a Jew, Who died for Christ, Would I? Would you? See! far upon a lonely isle, An aged man with snowy locks, Exiled to labor in the mines, His only temple wind-swept rocks. Ah! once he leaned on Jesus’ breast, And gazed with fond adoring eyes Into th a t face where love divine Still beams upon us from the skies. This man was John beloved, A Jew, Witness for Christ, Am I? Are you? A Galilean fisher stood Amid a fierce and angry throng, No tremor spoke of hidden fear, His face was peaceful, calm and strong, And when they nailed him to a cross, As they had nailed his blessed Lord, WOULD I? WOULD YOU?
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