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simple, is ever lost. Through the merits of Christ’s imputed righteous-
ness, the fragrance of such words and deeds is forever preserved.—
The
Review and Herald, March 10, 1904
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Christ Will Lead Us Safely Home
Was ever an instance known where a dying Christian gave to his
watching friends the testimony that he had been deceived, that there is
no God, no reality in the religion of Christ? But how many of those
who have drawn about them the dark robes of atheism have let them
fall before the grim messenger of death. We might cite many instances
where learned men have gloried in their unbelief, and in parading
their atheism. But when death claimed them, they have looked with
horror into the starless future, and their dying words have been, “I
have tried to believe that there is no God, no reward for the faithful,
no punishment for the wicked. But how vain has been the attempt. I
know now that I must meet the doom of the lost.”
Sir Thomas Scott in his last moments cried: “Until this moment I
believed there was neither a God nor a hell. Now I know and feel that
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there are both, and that I am doomed to perdition by the just judgment
of God.”
Voltaire was at one time the lion of the hour. He lived in a splendid
mansion, and was surrounded by every luxury that heart could wish.
Kings honored him. The great men of the world sought his society.
On one occasion men took his horses from his carriage, and drew him
themselves in triumph around the city....
Go now to the death-bed of a Christian—Halburton of Scotland.
He was in poverty, and was suffering great pain. He had none of the
comforts that Voltaire possessed, but he was infinitely richer. He said:
“I shall shortly die. In the resurrection I shall come forth to see my
God and to live forevermore. I bless His name that I have found Him,
and I die rejoicing in Him. I bless God that I was ever born.”
Giving an account of the last days of Sir Davis Brewster, his daugh-
ter writes: “He thanked God that the way of salvation was so simple.
No labored argument, no hard attainment, was required. To believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ was to live. He trusted in Him, and enjoyed
His peace.” The last words of this great man of science were: “Life
has been very bright to me, and now there is the brightness beyond. I