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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 11, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 6.

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Afraid It Is True.

By Protestant Standard

An infidel once said that there was one thing that marred all his pleasure in life. "I am afraid," said he, "that the Bible is true. If I could know for a certainty that death is an eternal sleep, I should be happy. My joy would be complete. But here is the thorn that stings me; this is the sword that pierces my soul; if the Bible is true, I am lost forever." So it is with men who go through life haunted with the fear that future retribution will overtake them because of their sinful, selfish lives on earth. How infinitely better it is to be on the safe side, and to be happy here and have the promise of the life which is to come. Nothing short of a divine insurance upon the soul through belief in the efficacy of Christ's atoning blood, will ever make men truly happy.—Protestant Standard.