The Needle of the Law and Gospel Consolation

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 31.

The Needle of the Law and Gospel Consolation

A Scotch preacher once said: “You never saw a woman sewing without a needle. She would make but poor speed if she only sewed with a thread. So I think when we are dealing wi’ poor sinners we maun aye put in the needle of the law first; for the fact is the’re sleepin’ sound, and they need to be wakened up wi’ something sharp. But when we’ve got the needle of the law fairly in, we may draw as lang a thread as we like o’ Gospel consolation after it.”