A Letter To A Brother In Christ – June 18th, 1869
My dear Friend in the Lord, Mr. Tips.
It is indeed a wonderful mercy to have divine life communicated to the soul, to have any living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, any hope in God’s mercy, or any love to Him who is the altogether lovely, or any affection to His people as bearing His image and belonging to Him. This hope, faith, and love the Lord seems to have given you, my dear friend; and it is because He has wrought these graces in your heart by a divine power that you love His truth, His ways, His Word, and those who faithfully preach and write it. It never was an honor that I sought, to be made a blessing to His people by my sermons and writings; but it was the Lord’s will, and the Lord’s work. Nothing belongs to me but sin and shame. I have no good works to plead, but on the contrary, have to confess my sins, which have been great and grievous, and have no hope but in the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, which cleanses us from all sin. Most probably we shall never meet again on earth, but it will be the greatest of all our mercies to arrive safe on the heavenly shore; and I am very sure that it must be the free, rich, and superabounding grace of God which alone can bring us there. We live in a world of sin and sorrow; our wicked hearts are continually entangling us in sin and evil. It is very easy to depart from the Lord, but very hard to return to Him. Repentance, reconciliation, pardon, and peace are the free gifts of His grace, and indeed, it is a mercy that the Son of Man, who is the Son of God, came to seek and to save those who are lost.
Yours in the love of the Truth,
J. C. P.
Jesus is LORD! 
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