In the early days of emigration to the West a traveler once came, for the first time in his life, to the banks of the mighty Mississippi. There was no bridge. He must cross. It was early winter and the mighty river was sheeted with ice. He knew nothing of its thickness, however, and feared to trust himself to it. He hesitated long, but night was coming on, and he must reach the other shore. At length, with many fears, and infinite caution, he crept out on his hands and knees, thinking thus to distribute his weight as much as possible, and trembling with every sound.
When he had gone in this way, painfully over half way over he heard a sound of singing behind him. There in the dusk was a man driving a four-hour load of coal across upon the ice and singing as he went!
Many a Christian creeps tremblingly out upon God's promises when another, stronger in the faith, goes singing through life upheld by the same word.
"Have faith in God"
"Whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe."
written by The Expositor, page 18 in One Thousand Evangelistic Illustrations, edited by Webb, A. (1924). New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
When he had gone in this way, painfully over half way over he heard a sound of singing behind him. There in the dusk was a man driving a four-hour load of coal across upon the ice and singing as he went!
Many a Christian creeps tremblingly out upon God's promises when another, stronger in the faith, goes singing through life upheld by the same word.
"Have faith in God"
"Whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe."
written by The Expositor, page 18 in One Thousand Evangelistic Illustrations, edited by Webb, A. (1924). New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
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