Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
398. "'How shall the full-blooded Indian be evangelised?'
was once asked. 'Send after him a full-blooded gospel,' was the
reply."
399. Dr. Baldwin, who was pastor of a church in Troy for
forty-one years, says: "With another I testify that at thirty,
after examining as best I could the philosophies and religions of
the world, I said : 'Nothing is better than the gospel of Christ.'
At forty, when burdens began to press heavily, and years seemed
to hasten, I said : 'Nothing is as good as the gospel.' At fifty,
when there were empty chairs in my home, and the moundbuilders
had done me service, I said : 'There is nothing to be
compared with the gospel.' At sixty, when my second sight
saw through the illusions and vanities of earthly things, I said
'There is nothing but the gospel.' At seventy, amid many
limitations and deprivations, I sing:
" 'Should all the forms which men devise,
Attack my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,
And bind the gospel to my heart.' "
400. Some time ago an examination was made by means of the
X-ray, and the search revealed more than was expected. A
scrap of metal being embedded in the flesh of a lady's hand, the
light apparatus was used to locate the foreign substance. The
rays, playing on the hand, showed, not only the exact position
of the trouble, but disclosed as well the fact that a supposed
valuable diamond ring upon the lady's finger was studded with
imitation rather than real stones. When the gospel searchlight
shines into our hearts it discovers to us what we really are in
God's sight.
401. Many think the gospel is a very beautiful thing if you
would only keep it at home ; but the moment you try to apply
it to anybody else it will not suit them. Try it upon the negro :
"Well, the fact is, he is too low; he is not capable of being
elevated to the height of Christianity." Try it upon the Brahman
: "He is too high, far above ;
you cannot reach him." Each
of these must have some particular religion adapted to himself ;
but one religion would not suit them all. A man looked into
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