597 w ithout leaving th eir card to tell us who they are. There are g reat names th a t are known, but many of the great est names are th e Unknown. R efusing to P ass It On In the stirring story of th e Scotch covenanters a th rilling incident is told as to th e execution of Captain John Paton. A fter Paton was apprehended he was tak en to Edinburgh for tria l and ex ecution. On th e way to Edinburgh he met an old comrade in arm s who had fought w ith him under Gustavus Adol phus. His com rade was surprised and grieved to see him bound. “ I will w rite to th e King and get a pardon for you,” he said. But Paton replied, “Ah, you won’t get one for me.” “Well,” an swered his friend, “ if I do not, I will never draw a sword for his majesty again.” So he made intercession for the cov enanter captain and the pardon was granted. It arrived in Edinburgh in time, bu t was held back by the lords of th e congregation un til P aton went to the scaffold. We brand th is as a most heinous crime and we do well so to do, bu t What b etter is the man or woman who receives th e divine message of peace and pardon and refuses to pass on th a t message of pardon to those who may be delivered thereby from th e penalty of th e ir sin? How should we make haste to accept for ourselves th is pardon and to pass th e pardon of another on to him with haste! W itness of a Seamstress A poor seam stress persuaded a boy to go to Sunday school. The boy, Amos Sutton, was converted. He be came a m inister and m issionary to In dia; through his influence the Telugu Mission was opened and has won th irty thousand converts.
T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S Taylor, a Waterloo hero, came into the room and read them . He read them over and over again, while staying w ith E arl Roden, till he said, “I say, friend Taylor, I should th ink you would know these lines by h ea rt.” He answered, “I do know them by h e a rt; indeed my very h eart has grasped th e ir meaning.” He was brought to Christ by th a t humble rhyme. General Taylor handed those lines to an officer in th e army, who was go ing out to the Crimean War. He came home to die, and when Dr. Marsh went to see him, he said, “Do you know this verse which General Taylor gave me? It brought me to my Saviour, and I die in peace.” To Dr. Marsh’s surprise he repeated the lines: “ In peace let me resign my breath, And Thy salvation see; My sins deserve eternal death, But Jesus died for me.” Only th ink of the good four simple lines may do. Be encouraged, all of you who know the healing power of the wounds of Jesus. Spread the tru th by all means. Never m ind how simple th e language. Tell it out— tell it out everywhere and in every way.— Se lected. “ Go ye into all th e world and preach th e Gospel to every creatu re.” He Did W hat He Could A cobbler who could only spell out th e meaning of th e Bible used to g ath er a few barefoot children in his shop on Sunday morning to teach them all he knew. Robert Raikes happened to pass his shop one morning and was struck by the idea. He carried it out and the re su lt is the Sunday School of the World. Thus the Sunday School hero, like many others, is unnamed and unknown, and was unlearned, but possessed of zeal and a reverence of the Word of God. Angels on earth are entertained sometimes unawares and often depart
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