There is a voice in every dying pang of the dear Redeemer, a voice in each flowing wound that speaks of His infinite love and tender mercy to wretched, helpless sinners.  It was this channel through which mercy flowed to a Mary Magdalene, a persecuting Saul, and a thief on the cross.  Oh, may not such mercy, through such a channel, flow down to you and me?  Did Jesus really come to save sinners?  Oh, then, He must have come to save us!  Surely He must!  "God be merciful to me a sinner."  This is our prayer!  Will He refuse or fail to hear? Never!  Oh, bless His adorable name for such love and mercy and grace.  I know not what to call it, for language fails me, but I am sure time will be too short to sound out the praise that is due to our adorable God, and eternity will not be too long to proclaim the riches of His grace.

Remember that the inclining cause of all God's favor shown to poor sinners is from and of Himself alone. He bestows mercy, not because this or that person is worthy, is amiable, meet or qualified, but just because He will have mercy.  It is for the display of the sovereignty and glory of His grace.  This to man is the blessing of blessings, and to God the glory of glories.  A qualification for these blessings cannot arise from our need of mercy and reconciliation as sinful beings.  Acts of rebellion cannot qualify the rebel for the first honors of the state.  However, such need, such misery, such sinfulness, illustrate the freeness of the riches of that grace and display the sovereignty of the mercy that is shown to guilty wretches.

Be encouraged, then, poor trembling ones.  All the rich provision that God has made for the salvation of the sinful belongs to you because of His purpose and decree.  You are not to rest in yourselves, but in your blessed Lord.  You cannot find any reason in yourselves for being justified, but only in the meritorious righteousness of our adorable Saviour.  May your minds be directed by this little message to look entirely away from self to Him who is the everlasting consolation of His people.    —Elder John R. Daily   Primitive Monitor, 1909.