40/63 Oh, if you would but become a Christian!" "And listen to the Gospel ?" "Yes--oh yes!" "A gospel means good news, I thought. When you have any to tell me, I will listen. Meanwhile, the news that three out of four of those poor fellows down town are going to a certain place, seems to me such terribly bad news, that I can't help fancying that it is not the Gospel at all; and so get on the best way I can, listening to the good news about God which this grand old world, and my microscope, and my books, tell me. No, Grace, I have more good news than that, and I'll confess it to you." He paused, and his voice softened. He must be a good God who makes such creatures as you, and sends them into the world to comfort poor wretches. |