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dared not, nor dare the officer in command
order them. He knew that the whole
power of these two great nations whose
emblems were around the prisoner was
arrayed against them. Sinners who are
under the blood of Christ’s atoning sacri-
fice need not fear: there is none who
dare touch them, and Christ has promised
to keep them as the apple of His eye. How
gloriously safe! The poorest may as freely
come to Jesus and obtain “the true riches”
as the rich.

Take the following instance of a poor
London street boy, who came to Christ by
simply believing His word. One night,
going home late from the City, a group of
ragged figures with pinched and dirty faces
might have been seen assembled beneath a
lamp-post. A few kindly words soon elicited
the fact that the lads were supperless, and
for a bed for the night had nothing to look
forward to but the bare ground under the
Adelphi Arches. Being assured that for
that night a supper and bed should be theirs,
their eager attention was soon secured whilst
the old, old story—yet ever new—of Jesus’