In 1973 I
received a church publication from Rev. Lowell Foster containing a story that
made a lasting impression on me. Now, more than 20 years later, I still have
that story. It is entitled: "Hiding Place For A Spy," and it tells
of how one who "felt secure" outside of Christ, until suddenly he
faced his eternal jeopardy. Then, after feeling "the arrows of
distress," he found real security in "Jesus as a |
The H.M.S.
Vulture crept up the |
While
Major Andre' was awaiting his execution, he seems to have given serious thought
to eternal matters. Doubtless he recalled his early training given him by his
Huguenot parents who had found spiritual refuge in |
In
repentance and faith, he turned to that blessed One who had long before said,
"Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out." -- John |
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Hail,
sovereign love, which first began |
The scheme
to rescue fallen man! |
Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, |
Which gave my soul a |
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Against
the God who built the sky |
I fought
with hands uplifted high -- |
Despised the mention of His grace, |
Too proud to seek a |
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Enwrapt in
thick Egyptian night, |
And fond
of darkness more than light, |
Madly I ran
the sinful race, |
Secure --
without a |
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But thus
the eternal counsel ran: |
Almighty
love, arrest that man! |
I felt the
arrows of distress, |
And found
I had no |
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Indignant
Justice stood in view; |
To Sinai's
fiery mount I flew; |
But
Justice cried with frowning face, |
This
mountain is no |
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Ere long a
heavenly voice I heard, |
And
mercy's angel soon appeared: |
He led me, with a beaming face |
To JESUS as a |
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On Him almighty vengeance fell, |
Which must have sunk a world to hell! |
He bore it
for a sinful race, |
And thus
became our |
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Should
sevenfold storms of thunder roll, |
And shake
this globe from pole to pole, |
No thunderbolt
shall daunt my face, |
For Jesus
is my |
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A few more
setting suns at most |
Shall land
me on that glorious coast, |
Where I
shall sing the song of grace, |
And see my
glorious |
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From:
2700-PLUS SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS By Duane V. Maxey |