Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
where they will stop the train if you come from a certain distance.
The brakeman came in and called the name of the
station, when we were getting near. The woman said, 'Don't
forget me,' and he replied, 'Sure.' There was a man there who
said, 'Lady, I will see that the brakeman don't forget you; don't
worry.' Awhile later he said, 'Here's your station.' She hopped
out of the train, into the storm. . . . The train had gone on
about three-quarters of an hour, when the brakeman came in
and said, 'Where's that woman?' The man said, 'She got off.'
The brakeman said, 'Then she's gone to her death; we only
stopped the train yonder because there was something the matter
with the engine.' They called for volunteers, and went back and
looked for her. They found her after searching for hours, out
on the prairies, covered with a shroud of ice and snow woven
about her by the pitiless storm, and with the little babe folded
to her heart. She followed the man's directions, but they were
wrong. That is the way that preachers of false doctrine are
robbing people of God."
CONFESSION
177. Confession of sin is a Christian duty. "If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). "Confess
therefore your sins one to another" (Jas. 5:16). Catholics
quote the latter text as authority for auricular confession; but
there is no mention of a priest here. Those written to were
exhorted to acknowledge their sins one to another. The true
disciple is ever ready to confess his sins. He does not climb
upon a hilltop to proclaim his goodness, but bends low in the
dust, and cries, "God be merciful to me, a sinner."
The "good confe'ssion" is required to be made by penitent
believers who accept Christ as their Saviour. Paul wrote : "I
charge thee in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and
of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good
confession" (1 Tim. 6:13). It is recorded that the high priest
asked Jesus, "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" and
Jesus said, "I am." Later, Pilate asked our Lord, "Art thou
the King of the Jews?" and He answered, "Thou sayest" (Mark
14:61, 62; 15:2). Jesus thus declares Himself to be "the
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