Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Limitation of Mercy

Says the old hymn:
"While the lamp hold out to burn,
The vilest sinner my return

       An old Saxon king had some serious trouble with his subjects: they murmured against him and at last rose up in rebellion. The king set out to subdue them, and soon the well-disciplined troops won a decided victory over the tatterdemalion horde opposing them. Having conquered, the king determined to shop mercy. He adopted the novel expedient of placing a candle in the window of his castle and proclaiming that all should be pardoned who returned "while the candle burns."
"Here I am To Worship" by Hillsong

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