The Mailed Hand and the Nailed Hand

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 18, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 20.

“The Mailed Hand and the Nailed Hand”

IN which power do you most profoundly believe—physical force or sacrificial service? Which is your idea of a “holy war”—that of the Moslem armies or the Christian missionary? Is your ideal the mighty monarch of the mailed fist, or the Christ pouring out His lifeblood for mankind on Calvary? Is your program of sacrifice one represented by that of others, or your own living sacrifice for others? The hand mailed with steel may win battles, but it will never win the world. The hand nailed to the cross may seem to betoken defeat, but it is the hand of the Lifted-up One—who will draw all men unto Himself.—Missionary Review.