Când un misionar din China, pe nume Jack Vinson, a fost
răpit de bandiți și amenințat cu moartea, cei care au fost martori ai scenei ce a urmat au ajuns să cunoască puterea ce o
au credincioșii în fața morții. „Te voi
ucide!” i-a strigat unul dintre bandiți cu pistolul în mână. „Nu ți-e teamă?”
La care misinarul a răspuns: „Nu, nu mi-e teamă! Dacă mă ucizi, mă voi duce
imediat acasă la Domnul!” Martorii au relatat acest dialog altui misionar, E.
H. Hamilton, care a scris imediat poemul
ce îl redăm mai jos.
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"Afraid? Of what?" by E. H. Hamilton
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"Afraid? Of what?"
To feel the spirit's glad release? To pass from pain to perfect peace, The strife and strain of life to cease? Afraid? Of that? Afraid? Of what? Afraid to see the Saviour's face, To hear His welcome, and to trace, The glory gleam from wounds of grace, Afraid? Of that? Afraid? Of what? A flash - a crash - a pierced heart; Brief darkness - Light - O Heaven's art! A wound of His a counterpart! Afraid? Of that? Afraid? Of what? To enter into Heaven's rest, And yet to serve the Master blessed? From service good to service best? Afraid? Of that? Afraid? Of what? To do by death what life could not - Baptize with blood a stony plot, Till souls shall blossom from the spot? Afraid? Of that? |
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