Dr J Wilbur Chapman told this story of one of his friends who was a boyhood companion of Robert Lincoln. He entered the Civil War and went to the front. When Robert Lincoln found that he was a private soldier, he said to a friend, "Write and tell him to write me, and I will intercede with father and get him something better."
The young soldier said, "I never took advantage of the offer, but you do know what a comfort it was to me. Often after a weary march, I would throw myself on the ground and say, 'If it become beyond human endurance, I can write to Bob Lincoln and get relief, and I would rather have his intercession than that of the cabinet, because he is a son.'"
Every true Christian knows that he has the best friend possible at the court of Heaven in the Son of God, who "ever liveth to make intercession for us."
written by L.A. Banks, page 34 in One Thousand Evangelistic Illustrations, edited by Webb, A. (1924). New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
The young soldier said, "I never took advantage of the offer, but you do know what a comfort it was to me. Often after a weary march, I would throw myself on the ground and say, 'If it become beyond human endurance, I can write to Bob Lincoln and get relief, and I would rather have his intercession than that of the cabinet, because he is a son.'"
Every true Christian knows that he has the best friend possible at the court of Heaven in the Son of God, who "ever liveth to make intercession for us."
written by L.A. Banks, page 34 in One Thousand Evangelistic Illustrations, edited by Webb, A. (1924). New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
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