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and blessed life, “with treasure more than
earth can give.”

Another illustration of what 1 mean :—

At Leeds an iron-puddler was engaged at
work, whilst his little boy played about near
him. Before he was aware of it, the little
fellow had fallen into a caldron of molten
iron. The father, almost frantic, rushed to
the spot, and, not thinking for a moment of
the pain and agony to himself, plunged his
arm into the caldron, in the vain attempt to
save his boy. The arm, of course, never
came out, and the stump remains as a mark
of his anxiety to rescue his darling. Isn't
this just a type of what Jesus has done for
us—never minding the pain and shame and
death of the cross, reaching right down from
His throne of mercy, to snatch us from the
caldron of sin into which we had fallen ?
And, thank God, He has succeeded in
saving us; for, once we have hold of “ His
grasping hand” by faith, none can pluck us
out of it.

At a ragged school, one of the boys, for
some great offence, had to be punished before
his companions. The poor. half-starved lad