however, each one of us was involved in what took place back there across the corridors of time. After all, it isn’t what others did; it was I —if was you — who shed His sacred blood. I nailed Christ to the tree. I crucified the Son of God, joining in the mockery. The Saviour was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed. * When we reach for thesouls of men we attack Satan at his most sensitive spot. * * * AN ENCOURAGED HEART Have you ever felt so discouraged and depressed that you have wanted to quit? A young man had a class of small boy8 in a struggling mission Sun day school. His kindness, tact, and genuine interest soon won the hearts and confidence of the pupils. The devil tried to get in his licks by using the criticism of o ther Christians. This made the faithful teacher furious and he let it be known that he planned to quit. The next Sunday he went in early to get his records all in shape. He felt he should do that much before resign ing. Two of the boy8 came in early, not knowing that their favorite teach er was already there in an adjoining room. He could hear everything they said. One boy told his friend, “I’m not coming any more. Our teacher’s going to quit. I f he does, I ’m going to, too!” The other lad responded, “What do you mean? He can’t quit! Don’t you remember, I was the first kid in his class. That Sunday he told us that God had sent him to teach us. He said God was his Boss and that he’d have to do what He said. He just can’t get up and quit!” Tears filled the teach er’s eyes. He bowed his head to thank the Lord for such an encouragement just at the right time. It has given him a new vision of his duty to Christ rather than to men. Oh, how easily we get discouraged! The Apostle Paul says, “Quit you like men, be strong.” * * « You develop personality by saying "yes"; you develop character by saying «no. 21 * *
NO INSURANCE Stamp collectors will be interested in a recent news article giving unfortun ate word concerning the past president of the American Philatelic Society, Mr. Charles Cratsenberg, Moline, Illinois. His home was recently ransacked, and an extremely valuable collection of stamps, worth more than $60,000, was stolen. This must have represented thousands of hours of time, to say nothing of the monetary investment involved. What was the most tragic thing about the affair was the fact that Mr. Cratsenberg had no insur ance whatsoever on his stamps. They were a total loss for him. He ex plained to reporters, “Two months ago I realized I should have insurance on my philatelic holdings. I secured an application blank for the policy. Un fortunately I put off taking any action until now it18 too late.” This was a very sad and unrecoverable loss. In a semiliar vein, think of the many people who have in their homes a copy of the sacred Scriptures who still have never given their lives to Jesus Christ and settled the destiny of their never- dying souls. The Word of God rightly asks the question, “How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salva tion?” No longer turn the Saviour aside, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of sal vation.” * * * The Lord made man last of all lest he leek to interfere with God's perfect work. * * * IN THE PICTURE In the famous painting of the cruci fixion by the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt, one’s attention is drawn to the cross where the Saviour gave His life. Upon close inspection, one sees, beyond the crowd assembled at the appalling scene, in the shadows at the edge of the masterpiece, an interest ing figure almost hidden in the dim light. According to art critics, actu ally this was a self portrait of Rem brandt himself who had realized that by his sins he took part in nailing Jesus Christ to the cross. Reflecting on the truths of the resurrection, it is so easy for the world to consider the Saviour’s crucifixion and resurrection as merely historical events. Actually,
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