John 3:7

A certain village church possessed a fine-toned bell, of which the villagers were very proud. By some accident it became cracked. A blacksmith was engaged to repair it. He riveted it so skillfully as to render the crack invisible. The bell was rehung, but oh! the appalling discord when it was rung! It was taken down and recast. The result was a new bell of sweeter tone than the old one. Man has devised many apparently clever schemes for the restoration of sin-diseased hearts. They are all failures. A new heart molded by God Himself is the only remedy. My Note Book.
Yes, God alone can save the soul, and there is only one sacrifice that avails to put away human sin—the finished work of Jesus.
Yesterday I had the following beautiful letter from a wounded soldier, who anxious about his soul, wrote to me―I answered his letter pointing him to Christ, and sending him some books to read. This is the letter I had from him yesterday:—