Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
315. God doesn't demand success of any man on earth, but
does demand faithfulness. Indeed, faithfulness is success.
316. Judson preached to the Buddhists in Burmah for six
years without a convert. Every first Sunday he and his devoted
wife would celebrate the Lord's Supper, and would say at the
conclusion : "We are the church of Jesus in Burmah." Somebody
wrote to Mr. Judson, after he had been there five years,
to know what were the prospects for the conversion of the
heathen. He answered : "As bright as the promises of God."
317. A gunner, describing the intense moment just before
the new recruits came up under Blucher that turned that decisive
battle of modern times, said that moment seemed ages, and the
dust and smoke of the battle were so thick and intense that the
gunner, as he stood on the height on which he had been placed
by the commanding officer, could not see five yards in front of
him. He felt the swaying tides of the battle move this way
and that, and he did not know at one time whether he was
among friend or foe. Some one asked him : "Well, my friend,
what did you do in that supreme hour of darkness and solitude?"
"I stood by my guns," said he. That is all you and I have to
do. We are not responsible for the swaying tides of battle
we are not responsible for apparent defeat or apparent failure.
The question is, Am I where God puts me, and do I do as God
would have me do? A. T. Pierson.
318. Archbishop Trench tells in rhyme the story of the man
who went away from home, leaving in the care of two of his
neighbours two sacks of grain. One deposited his in his cellar,
the other planted a field. The man returned after a time and
called for his property. The one returned the sack, which, when
opened, disclosed a decayed and putrid mass upon which worms
were feeding. The other showed him fields of golden grain
ready for harvesting. The owner expressed his pleasure with
the latter, took two sacks of grain, and left the rest as the
rightful reward of sagacity and faithfulness.
319. "It is said that George III. was a man of firm convictions.
His speech on the Roman Catholic question shows his
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