Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
tisement of my peace was upon him, and with his stripes / am
healed.' She could not read further for her tears, but had
caught a glimpse of her Saviour in this reading, and Mr. Morehouse
said to her, 'This is what we need to do to be saved, to
lay hold upon Him by faith
of whom Isaiah speaks.'
die in
46. "Christ died for sin. Believers die to sin. Unbelievers
sin."
47. At Plevna the Tsar went around his camp to cheer his
men, and found an officer who had fallen asleep while writing
to his wife. He described his hard work and exposure in the
trenches, but said these were nothing compared to his debts.
"Who will pay my debts ?" he wrote ; and, while brooding over
them, he fell asleep. The Tsar glanced over his shoulder and
read the letter, and then wrote under the question, "I will.
Alexander." When the officer awoke he saw the promise,
thanked his sovereign, and went to his work with a light heart.
"Who will pay sin's heavy debts for you?" Faith sees Jesus
dip in His own life-blood and write the words, "I will—Jesus
the crucified." Take Him at His word, thank Him for His
promise, and go to do battle for Him with a light heart.
48. A great fable sometimes encloses a great truth. It is an
old story of the Empress Helena, how she went to the Holy
Land to find the cross. Excavations were made, and they found
three crosses, but how were they to know which was the true one ?
So they took a corpse, and put it upon one and another, and as
soon as the corpse touched the Saviour's cross it started into life.
Now you are demonstrating the divinity of Christianity, and that
is how you test it. It makes these dead men live. S. Coley.
49. "One has imagined he saw three men kneeling at the foot
of the cross. One said, as he beheld the suffering Saviour, 'May
it be to me to prevent crucifixion.' He looked up, and saw a
tear on the face of Him who hung there. Another said, 'May
it be to me to ease crucifixion.' He looked up, and saw a frown
upon the brow of Him who hung there. The third said, 'May it
be to me to share crucifixion.' He looked up, and saw a smile
upon the face of Christ."
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