Illustrated Tracts. 12 Different Sorts; 12 Different Sorts (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1870*. Excerpt: ... A Celebrated man has well said: "Goldsmiths make exquisite forms from precious material: they fashion the bracelet and the ring from gold. God maketh his precious things out of base material; and from the black pebbles of the brooks He hath taken up stones which He hath set in the golden ring of his immutable love, to make them gems to sparkle for ever." The following brief narrative is written as a testimony to the grace of Him who chooseth the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; the weak things to confound the mighty; and base things, and things despised, to be to Him a praise and a glory. It is now thirty years since I first became acquainted with Joseph Round, who was a collier working on the South Staffordshire coal-fields. He came to me to request a supply of tracts and small books to read to his fellow-workmen, for whose eternal salvation he most earnestly longed and prayed. This led to many interviews, as I was only too happy to grant his request; and this was the beginning of a Christian acquaintance which only ended with his life. His labours were abundantly blessed amongst those ignorant and rough men, and he was for years the honoured instrument used by God in leading many dark benighted souls to Jesus. How true it is that "the entrance of God's word giveth light: it giveth wisdom to the simple j" for when the grace of God is received into the heart as a true and living principle, it not only saves the soul, but refines and elevates the whole man. Of this I had frequent evidence in all I saw of Joseph Round; for although he was born and brought up in the lowest ranks of life, and worked all his days as a poor collier, I have often been struck when conversing with him by the propriety of his language, by his gentle manners, almost amounting to refinement, a...