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Title: The pathway of life ... to which is added a biography of Dr. Talmage
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Thomas De Witt Talmage
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Publisher: Historrical pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
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r, poor until there was no other pauperism to torture. Billions ofdollars spent in wars to destroy men, who will furnish the statistics of the value ofthat precious blood that was shed to save us ? THE GRACE OF GOD. One of John Bunyans great books is entitled Grace Abounding. It is allof grace that I am saved has been on the lips of hundreds of dying Christians.The boy Sammy was right when, being examined for admission into Churchmembership, he was asked: Whose work was your salvation ? and he answered:Part mine and part Gods. Then the examiner asked: What part did youdo, Sammy ? and the answer was: I opposed God all I could, and He did therest. Oh ! the height of it, the depth of it, the length of it, the breadth of it^the grace of God ! Mr. Fletcher having written a pamphlet that pleased the king, the king offeredto compensate him, and Fletcher answered: There is only one thing I want, andthat is more grace. Yes, blood-bought readers, grace to live by and grace to die by. Grace that
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PAUi, BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM PRISON TO -ROMn.—From a Painting by Bonnat. (359) 36o THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. saved the publican, that saved Eydia, that saved the dying thief, that saved thejailer, that saved me. But the riches of that grace will not be fully understooduntil heaven breaks in upon the soul. An old Scotchman who had been a soldierin one of the European wars, was sick and dying in one of our American hospitals.His one desire was to see Scotland and his old home, and once again walk theheather of the highlands and hear the bagpipes of the Scotch regiments. Thenight that the old Scotch soldier died, a joung man, somewhat reckless but kind-hearted, got a company of musicians to come and play under the old soldierswindow, and among thi instruments was a bagpipe. The instant that themusicians began, the dying old man, in delirium, said: Whats that, whats that? Why, its the regiments coming home. Thats thetune; yes, thats the tune. Thank God, I have got home once more ! Bonny Scotl

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