Hebrews 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.… I recollect a brother minister saying to me when I was a very young man, "I remember being sent for, and going to see a very blessed old man. I had never seen a dying Christian; and as I had read a lot of poetry about the deathbeds of the Lord's people, I had got the notion that they all died very quietly. As I drew near to his bedside, I said, "Oh, sir I it is all peace now.' It took the old man a little while to get breath enough to speak; and when be did, the sound of his voice seemed to come from beneath the bed-clothes, and chilled me. I could almost have fallen, but I waited a minute, and I then heard what he said. He said, 'No, it is not all peace yet. I must wear the halbert a little longer, and I must carry the sword a little further. It is a hard fight; but I shall get the white robe and the crown by-and-by. It is a hard fight; but it is worth it.' I have never forgotten the lesson I learned at that death-bed." (S. Coley.) Parallel Verses KJV: Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.WEB: Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. |
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