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Pardon, Through Christ: Pardon Inspires Brave Service
Many years ago in Russia, a regiment of troops mutinied. They were
at some distance from the capital and were so furious that they
murdered their officers and resolved never to submit to discipline.
The emperor, who was an exceedingly wise and sagacious man, no sooner
heard of it than all alone and unattended he went into the barracks
where the men were drawn up, and addressing them sternly he said to
them: "Soldiers! you have committed such offenses against the law that
every one of you deserves to be put to death. There is no hope of any
mercy for one of you unless you lay down your arms immediately and
surrender at discretion to me, your emperor." They did so, there and
then. The emperor said at once: "Men, I pardon you; you will be the
bravest troops I ever had." And so they were.
Now this is just what God does with the sinner The sinner has dared
to rebel against God, and God says: "Now sinner, you have done that
which deserves My wrath. Ground your weapons of rebellion. I will not
talk with you until you submit at discretion to My sovereign
authority. And then He says: "Believe in My Son; accept Him as your
Saviour. This done, you are forgiven and henceforth you will be the
most loving subjects that My hands have made." --W. R. Bradlaugh
