Romans 12:6-8 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy… On Egypt's far-off soil, away from friends and home, just as the morning beams lit up the Eastern sky, an officer lay dying. With gallant daring he had led his followers through many a devious path, guided alone by the pale starlight of the heavens, until at last they reached the enemy; and now the strife is over, but he is wounded, mortally! As the general, his cheeks bedewed with tears, gazed down with sadness on his face, a sudden radiancy illumined for a moment the youth's countenance as, looking up to Wolseley, he exclaimed, "General, didn't I lead them straight?" and so he died. "Oh, brothers, when O'er our eyes there steals the film of death, and when the soul flits solemnly from time into eternity, may it be ours to say in truthful earnestness to Christ concerning those committed to our care, "We led the people straight." (H. D. Brown, B.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; |
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