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No. 28, 
 tiki PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST; 
 
 OK HOW A SOLDIER WAS SAVED, 
 
 ''Blood ha j a voice to pierce the skies— 
 'Vengeance, the blood of -Abel cries; 
 
 'he dear stream when Christ was slain, 
 Speaks peace as loud from every \ 
 
 Some years ago two soldiers belonging to one oi the regi- 
 ments of the British army stationed at Gibraltar, were one 
 evening placed as sentries at the opposite endtfof a sally-port, 
 
 fr lpng passage, leading from the rock of Gibraltar to the 
 i-ennish territory. Though living on this secluded spot, and 
 with few opportunities of hearing the glad tidings of the 
 glorious gospel, they had been led to read the eacred Scrip- 
 tures together, and the still small voire of God, speakirg in 
 his own blessed word, was brought home to the heart of one 
 ef these men, who was enabled to rejoice in the pardoning 
 love of God, and in the peace-speaking blood of Jesus, 
 
 On the evening alluded to, one of the officers, who had 
 been out dining, was returning to the garrison at a late hour 
 and coming up to the sentry on the outside of the &ally-port, 
 who was the soldier recently converted, he asked as usual tor 
 the watchword. The man, absorbed in meditation on the 
 glorious things that had recently been unfolded to him, and 
 filled with devout gratitude and love, on being roused from 
 his midnight reverie, replied to the oiFicer'n challenge with 
 the words, " The -precious blood of Christ." He soon, however 
 recovered his self-posseasion, and gave the watchword. 
 
 His comrade, who was anxiously seeking the Lord, and 
 who was stationed as sentry at the other or inner end of the 
 sally-port, a passage specially adapted for the conveyance of 
 sound, heard the words, '.' The precious b'codnf Christ" borne 
 upo,n. the breeze at the solemn hour of midnight. The words 
 came home to his heart as a voice from heR^en ; the load of 
 
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 guilt was removed, and the precious blood of Christ spoke 
 peace to the soul of the sin-burdened soldier. 
 
 He was afterwards, with others of his regiment, drafted 
 for service in India, and proceeded to the island of Ceylon, 
 where a long career of usefulness opened before hiin, and 
 where he became the honored instrument in the hands of 
 the Lord for the completion of a great and important work. 
 Soon after arriving in Ceylon, his discharge was procured 
 from his regiment, that he might fill the office of master 
 of the principal school in Colombo, for which he was well 
 qualified by a good education in early life. He soon acquired 
 an intimate knowledge of the Cingalese language ; and as the 
 translation of the Bible into that tongue was lying in an 
 unfinished state, owing to the death of the individual who 
 commenced the work, he set himself to the task, and com- 
 pleted the Cingalese version of the Scriptures, which was 
 afterwards printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society 
 in four volumes. 
 
 The remainder of his life was spent in India, devoted to- 
 the service of his Lord and Master; and ere he was called 
 to his rest, the converted soldier became acquainted with nc* 
 less than thirteen languages. 
 
 Dear reader, are you, like the soldier on the rock of Gibral- 
 tar, in anxiety about your soul's eternal peace and safety? 
 Then remember the words which tho midnight breeze wafted 
 to his ear, " The precious blood of Christ/' Yes, it is indeed 
 precious, for it is the blood of God's own dear Son. It is not 
 the blood of amereman, butof theGod-man, of "God man- 
 ifest in the flesh," and therefore possessed of infinite value 
 and unceasing efficacy. 
 
 1. Remember that in the Mood is the life, and Jesus, in giving 
 his blood, gave his life, as the redemption-price of all his 
 people; "for we are not redeemed with corruptible things, 
 as silver and gold ; but with the precious blood of Christ, as 
 of a lamb without blemish and without spot." 1 Pet. 1: 18, 
 19. Think of the dignity of Him who suffered as the victim, 
 and will you not say that his blood is precious ? Remember 
 that in the blood only is safety. Read Exodus 12th, and you 
 will see that when the angel of death was marching through 
 the land of Egypt, every Israelite was safe; but his safetv 
 was secured by the blood sprinkled on the lintels. So with all 
 the Israel of God. They shall be safe in the day of the Lord's 
 
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 vengeance ; but it will be because Christ their Passover has 
 been sacrificed for them, and the blood of that precious Pass- 
 over Lamb has been applied to each heart and conscrnce. 
 
 2. Remember that in the blood only there is cleansing. It 
 is not to be found in the Waters of baptism, or in tears of 
 sorrow and remorse, or in any Abana and Pharpar rivers of 
 Damascus; but it \v. the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, 
 that alone oleanseth from all sin. 1 John, 1: 7. Apply to 
 it in faith : wash there, and you will be clean ; the leprosy 
 of your foulest transgressions will be taken away. " For if 
 the. blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer 
 sprinkling the unclean, sanctirieth to the purifying of the 
 flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through 
 the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge 
 your conscience from dead works to serve the living God f" 
 ileb. 9: 13, 14. 
 
 3. Remember that in the blood only thero is peace. You 
 will not find it in yourself, or in your doings. No penance or 
 pilgrimage can procure it ; but remem'ner that it is Jesus who 
 has made peace through the blood of his cross. Col. 1: 20. 
 No peace for a guilty conscience, no rest for a distressed, sin- 
 burdened soul, but in the peace-speaking blood of the Lamb of 
 God. True, solid, lasting peace can only flow from a sense 
 of forgiveness, and this again can only be found in Jesus, 
 "in whom we have redemption through his blood, the for- 
 giveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace." Eph. 
 1: 7. " He, is our peace." Eph. 2 : 14. 
 
 4. Remember that by blood only is there access to God, and 
 boldness to enter into his presence. In no other way can you* 
 approach God acceptably, than by faith in the blood of his 
 Son. Abel came in this way, and was accepted ; Cain, in his 
 own way, and was rejected. The high-priest among the 
 Jews on entering the holy place made with hands, which 
 was but the figure of the true, durst not appear there without 
 blood ; and sinncs who by grace are made kings and priests 
 unto God, have boldness to enter into the holiest only by the 
 blood of Jesus. Heb. 10 : 19. It was only at the mercy-seat, 
 sprinkled with blood, that the high-priest, as the representative 
 of the people, could meet God and find him propitious. So 
 now, poor sinners find a reconciled Father only through Je- 
 sus, tfce propitiation for our sins. 
 
 5. Itemernber that on the blood that Jeeua shed depends 
 
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 the Jesvs entered the holiest of aii, as the intterQesso* for U>e 
 
 people, he went not without blood; and once every year the 
 altar of incense, according to divine command, was to be. 
 
 sprinkled with the blood of atonement-. Exoti. 30i 10. Now 
 the high-priest al the altar of incense h pined the Lord Jesus 
 as the great intercessor of his people, and when he entered 
 into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for 
 us, he entered with his own blood, and with that he. pleads 
 for poor sinners, while ever living to make intercession for 
 us. Heb. 9: 12. Atonement and intercession are insepara- 
 ble, and none can be interested in the latter who arc not 
 depending on the former. 
 
 6. Finally, Remember that to the blood of Jesus the redeemed 
 in heaven attribute their glorious position. When John caught a 
 glimpse of them in vision, and inquired whence came they, he 
 received for answer, "These are they which came out of great 
 tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white 
 in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne 
 of God," etc. Rev. 7: 14. And in that new song that is 
 ever sung, they proclaim the same truth as they sing, "Thou 
 art worth to take the book, and to open the seals thereof.: for 
 thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood 
 out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation-; 
 and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and wo 
 shall reign on the earth " Rev. 5: 9, 10. 
 
 Dear reader, may the Holy Spirit sweetly reveal to you 
 the value and efficacy of the blood of Jesus. Trust in it for 
 safety — apply to it for cleansing— depend on it for peace — 
 plead it in your approach to the mercy seat — confide in the 
 intercession of Him who shed it; and then, out of a heart 
 filled with devout gratitude and praise, will you be ready ever 
 to unite in the apostolic ascription, "Unto Him that loved 
 us, and washed us from our sins m his own blood, and hath 
 made ue kings and priests onto God and his Father to him 
 be glorv and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." Rev, 
 1 : 5, 6. 
 
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