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JANUARY 8th, 1931
Another Of Them
I was travelling from Newcastle-on-
Tyne to Edinburgh. There were
four of us, all men, in the compartment of a corridor carriage. Quite
suddenly the door was opened, not
by a ticket collector, but by a young
man, evidently timid and nervous,
and before any of us had time to
speak he had put a Gospel tract into
each of our harfds and was gone.
" Well," said the man in the far
corner from where I was sitting, " I
call that a piece of impertinence."
He swore about it in his annoyance,
but I won't reproduce the swear
weirds—" What right," said he,
" has any man to thrust his religion
at you like that; its the second time
within a fortnight that that has
happened to me."
I waited until he quietened down
and stopped talking, and then I
said, '* You may think it strange,
but It did not strike me like that at
all. I felt glad that there was somebody on the train who wanted to do
me good, and I intend to read the
tract and. see what it is all about.
It looks all right, for listen to this :
' God commendeth His love toward
us in that while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.' What do you
think about that? "
" Are you another of them?" he
asked.
"Well," I said, "I'm just one
with you to-day, the young man
evidently didn't see any difference
between us, for he gave me the same
sort of tract that he gave you. I
suggest that we read them, and if
they are not true and not good, then
complain."
The man sitting opposite me had
thrown his tract on the seat, but
now be took it .up again and began
to read it with marked interest.
When he had got through it we exchanged tracts and he read mine as
well. By this time our train had
reached Alnmouth, and the angry
passenger along with one other got
out, and the man who had read the
tracts and I were left alone.
" What do you think about
them?" I asked. And it was not
long before he began to unburden his
heart to me.-»He was sure of nothing
and as miserable as he was uncertain. He knew that he was a sinful
man, and he had tried, had often
tried to give up his sinful habits,
but he had failed, and he was afraid
of death and God.
How glad was I to tell him that
once I was also afraid of death and
God, for I too, knew that I was a
sinner, but I had found the way of
salvation and peace. I had found it
in the Lord Jesus Christ. I told him
of the death and resurrection of this
great Saviour, and how because of
His death and blood-shedding, He
could save the greatest of sinners,
and give peace to those who were
troubled and anxious, as I once was,
and as he was now.
It was wonderful how he listened.
It was just what he had been wanting to hear for a long time, and
before he left the train at Berwick-
on,-Tweed he said how glad he- was
that that tract distributor had not
been idle on that Saturday afternoon.
I cannot say whether he then and
thfcre got the peace that I have
through 'the Lord Jesus Christ, but
he put those tracts in his pocket' to
read again along with others that I
gave to him, and along with the
tracts .he made a note of some wonderful Bible texts which I had
quoted to him. I will give these
texts here, perhaps they may bring
light into my reader's heart as I
trust they brought light to my fellow-
passenger on that Edinburgh express.
'' He (Jesus) was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for
our iniquities, the chastisement of
our peace was upon Him ana with
His stripes we are healed " (Isaiah
liii. S). .
" Be it known unto you therefore
men and brethren that through this
Man (Jesus) is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins; and by Him all
that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses." (Acts
xiii. 38. 39)-.
'' Herein is love, not that we loved
God, but that He loved us and gave
His Son to be the propitiation for
our sins " (i John iv. io).
" Thanks be unto God for His
unspeakable gift " (2 Cor. ix. 15).
May God's blessing rest upon
these texts.
HOME-CALL
Our Sister, Mrs. F. Crisp (Rogerstone), passed away on Sunday,
December 28th, at three p.m.
We thank all for their prayers
during her illness, and shall be glad
of your prayers for our Brother F.
Crisp, who needs our prayers, that
the Lord will strengthen him and
his two dear children. L. B1.
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| Full text | JANUARY 8th, 1931 Another Of Them I was travelling from Newcastle-on- Tyne to Edinburgh. There were four of us, all men, in the compartment of a corridor carriage. Quite suddenly the door was opened, not by a ticket collector, but by a young man, evidently timid and nervous, and before any of us had time to speak he had put a Gospel tract into each of our harfds and was gone. " Well" said the man in the far corner from where I was sitting, " I call that a piece of impertinence." He swore about it in his annoyance, but I won't reproduce the swear weirds—" What right" said he, " has any man to thrust his religion at you like that; its the second time within a fortnight that that has happened to me." I waited until he quietened down and stopped talking, and then I said, '* You may think it strange, but It did not strike me like that at all. I felt glad that there was somebody on the train who wanted to do me good, and I intend to read the tract and. see what it is all about. It looks all right, for listen to this : ' God commendeth His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.' What do you think about that? " " Are you another of them?" he asked. "Well" I said, "I'm just one with you to-day, the young man evidently didn't see any difference between us, for he gave me the same sort of tract that he gave you. I suggest that we read them, and if they are not true and not good, then complain." The man sitting opposite me had thrown his tract on the seat, but now be took it .up again and began to read it with marked interest. When he had got through it we exchanged tracts and he read mine as well. By this time our train had reached Alnmouth, and the angry passenger along with one other got out, and the man who had read the tracts and I were left alone. " What do you think about them?" I asked. And it was not long before he began to unburden his heart to me.-»He was sure of nothing and as miserable as he was uncertain. He knew that he was a sinful man, and he had tried, had often tried to give up his sinful habits, but he had failed, and he was afraid of death and God. How glad was I to tell him that once I was also afraid of death and God, for I too, knew that I was a sinner, but I had found the way of salvation and peace. I had found it in the Lord Jesus Christ. I told him of the death and resurrection of this great Saviour, and how because of His death and blood-shedding, He could save the greatest of sinners, and give peace to those who were troubled and anxious, as I once was, and as he was now. It was wonderful how he listened. It was just what he had been wanting to hear for a long time, and before he left the train at Berwick- on,-Tweed he said how glad he- was that that tract distributor had not been idle on that Saturday afternoon. I cannot say whether he then and thfcre got the peace that I have through 'the Lord Jesus Christ, but he put those tracts in his pocket' to read again along with others that I gave to him, and along with the tracts .he made a note of some wonderful Bible texts which I had quoted to him. I will give these texts here, perhaps they may bring light into my reader's heart as I trust they brought light to my fellow- passenger on that Edinburgh express. '' He (Jesus) was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him ana with His stripes we are healed " (Isaiah liii. S). . " Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren that through this Man (Jesus) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts xiii. 38. 39)-. '' Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and gave His Son to be the propitiation for our sins " (i John iv. io). " Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift " (2 Cor. ix. 15). May God's blessing rest upon these texts. HOME-CALL Our Sister, Mrs. F. Crisp (Rogerstone), passed away on Sunday, December 28th, at three p.m. We thank all for their prayers during her illness, and shall be glad of your prayers for our Brother F. Crisp, who needs our prayers, that the Lord will strengthen him and his two dear children. L. B1. |
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