A Letter From Christ
All can see that you are a letter from Christ entrusted to our care, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the ever-living God, and not on tables of stone, but on tables of human hearts.
—Paul.
The Gospel According To You
There’s a sweet old story translated for man,
But writ in the long, long ago—
The Gospel according to Mark, Luke and John—
Of Christ and His mission below.
Men read and admire the Gospel of Christ,
With its love so unfailing and true;
But what do they say, and what do they think
Of the Gospel according to you?
‘Tis a wonderful story, that Gospel of love,
As it shines in the Christ life divine;
And, Oh, that its truth might be told again
In the story of your life and mine!
Unselfishness mirrors in every scene;
Love blossoms on every sod;
And back from its virion the heart comes to tell
The wonderful goodness of God.
You are writing each day a letter to men.
Take care that the writing is true.
‘Tis the only Gospel that some men will read—
That Gospel according to you.
—Evangelical Messenger.
Repentance
Man-like is it to fall into sin.
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein;
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
—Von Logun.
Alternate Reading: Daniel 4: 5-37.