The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-05

tod over that beautiful sea. They be-
lonred TO tho little son and daughter Of
the officer. Their mother had died two
wears before, and now it was his greatest
grief to be obliged to leave them alone
in England, while he with his regiment
waa stationed 80 far away.
As he leaned over the ledge of the
window, gazing wistfully upon the
moonit sea. be heard the footsteps Of
the sentinel far above his head, pacing
to and fro, and every now and then he
would hear him say: The precious
blood Of Christ! tho precious blood OF
Christi At first lac did not listen but
by degrees as he had been thinking of
precious things the word struck upon
his ear, and he began TO wonder If any
thing could be more precious than his
dear little Elsie at home, or his bright,
bold Harold. Then he tried to remem-
Der whore he had heard the words be-
fore and he thought perhaps his moth.
er used to read them in little old-fash-
toned book called the Bible, which he
had not looked into for many year.
There was an old dust-covcred one
in his room now, and taking it up he
read 10y the light of the moon, "lou
were not redeemed with corruptlblc
things a. silver and gold but with the
precious blood of Christ You know
the Bible is Gods word and sometimes
he uses it like a direct voice from neav-
en- to call some poor Wandering child to
his love and his heart, and this was the
case now. This officer, though he loved
his children and never loved Jesus
had never in fact, thought much about
him; but now in the still midnight, the
thoughts Of the "precious blood OF
Christ melted his whole heart into sor.
row that lac had SO neglected it, and q
longing for that treasure that was more
precious even than his children, and he
never rested until he knew he had found
it FOR his own.
Children this is true story. Goo
made use Of that sentinel in Gibraltar
as the means of the conversion Of ont
of the noblest and most useful servants
that he ever had. There is u voice eve
whispering in your ears: THE preciou
blood of Christ, the precious blood o
Christ Do you hear it? DO yo'
} know what it means? 1t means tina
the most precious thing in the world
that which cost the most, is the saliva
ton which our dear Lord Jesus die,
on the cross to procure for you. 1t
; so precious that no money could bu
= it. No though you should pile up al
the pearls Of Cape Comorin, all til
diamonds OF Golcouda, all the silver {
Peru, and all the gold of California
y and bring it to the foot of God S thron'
d seeking to buy salvation with it, tn
whole would not be worth as much o
one drop of. the precious blood Of. Chris
= Is it precious to you? Do you war
!, to be saved ? And do you feel 5
d thankful to Jesus for shedding it fc
;, you, that you would gladly yield you
J self up to him to be his loving chill
Il and servant forever? Then he give
f it to you without money and withou
\ nricc," and you will find it all throug
: IN iulu'H 'n' the most precious {
| alI your possessions. rlcoIous, Decaus
! 1t wlll wash You rvhi,oI ,hon snov
/ precious, because no one can ever tax
Q it away from you; precious, becau.
$ when death and the grave has turne
everything else to dust and ashes, tn
= will be more real and more brigl
through all the long ages of eternity.
: - Miss NJ r.. Winslow IN the NY OF
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