A Choice Illustration

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 20, 1908

A Choice Illustration

A LADY once called Henry Drummond in to speak to her coachman, who had given way to drink, and he said he did not like to be called in like this to be asked to argue with people of a sudden and try to cure their souls, but he felt it was a case demanding Christian intervention, so he plucked up his courage and went out to talk to the man. And he put the problem to him, “Suppose you were on the box and your horses ran away down-hill, and you lost all control over them, what would you do?” “O,” said the man, “I could do nothing!” “Yes,” said Drummond, “but suppose there were some one sitting by your side stronger than you, who could control them, what would you do?” “O,” he said, “I would hand him the reins, sir!” “Ah,” said Drummond, “your life has run away with you, your appetites and passions and lusts are carrying you down-hill, and you in your own strength can not control your life. But,” he said, “believe me, there is One at your side stronger than you, who offers to take control of your life and make it what it should be. What will you do?” And the man, seeing the point, said, “Sir, I will give him the reins.”—Selected.