Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
377. "Anything which makes religion the second object,
makes religion no object. God will put up with a great many
things in the human heart, but there is one thing He will not
put up with. He who offers God a second place, offers Him
no place. ... He who makes religion his first object, makes it
his whole object; he has no other work in the world than God's
work."
378. "God !
Thou
art love ! I build my faith on that !"
379. Isaac Errett once said: "A day in His presence is better
than a thousand volumes on immanence."
380. "A Roman emperor, after a successful military campaign,
was returning in triumph to Rome. Kings were chained to his
chariot wheels as trophies of his triumph. He did not enter
through the gates of the city. That was too common : all men
did that. A breach was made in the walls for him to pass.
Great throngs filled the city to welcome the mighty hero.
And while passing through one of the crowded thoroughfares, a
little girl, wild with joy, dashed toward his chariot. The police
stopped her and said: 'That is the chariot of the emperor, and
you must not attempt to reach him.' The little one replied:
'He may be your emperor, but he is my father;' and in a
moment she was not only in the chariot, but also in the arms
of her father. Even so is it with us. While God is the Emperor
of all men, He is that, and infinitely more, to us; He is our
Father."
381. There is in the Church of St. Peter's at Rome a very
wonderful painting, but it is so far up in the heights of the
great dome that the eye is unable to discern its marvellous
beauty and significance. To overcome this difficulty, an ingenious
arrangement was conceived by the idea of placing a large
mirror near the floor, and there reflected in that mirror can be
easily seen the great masterpiece. So, in like manner, the glory
of God as seen in the heavenly heights by celestial beings we
could not as mortals behold; but God has given us a manifestation,
the epiphany of Himself, in His beloved Son, who has
brought down in the mirror of the gospel the glory of the
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