Martyr and Persecutor Meet in Glory
By Edith Friday
THERE is no event in the history of the world which means so much to mankind as does the coming of our Saviour to this earth. It is through Him that our brightest hope may be realized,—the hope of meeting again the loved of earth. “How the heart of the apostle Paul swelled with holy exultation as he looked away from his scars, and his chains, and his coming martyrdom, to the moment of his Lord’s appearing, when his children in the gospel should come and stand by his side!” Think of Paul’s meeting with Stephen! When last they exchanged glances, Stephen was the martyr, and Saul was the persecutor; but in the heavenly kingdom they will embrace each other, and bow together at the Saviour’s feet, washed in the same blood, martyr and persecutor, trophies of the same love.