the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Mercy: Continual
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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A benevolent person gave Mr. Rowland Hill a hundred pounds to dispense to a poor minister, and thinking it was too much to send him all at once, Mr. Hill forwarded five pounds in a letter, with simply these words within the envelope, 'More to follow.' In a few days' time, the good man received another letter by the post: and letters by the post were rarities in those days; this second messenger contained another five pounds, with the same motto, 'And more to follow.' A day or two after came a third and a fourth, and still the same promise, 'And more to follow.' Till the whole sum had been received the astonished minister was made familiar with the cheering words, 'And more to follow.'
Every blessing that comes from God is sent with the selfsame message, 'And more to follow.' 'I forgive you your sins, but there's more to follow.' 'I justify you in the righteousness of Christ, but there's more to follow.' 'I adopt you into my family, but there's more to follow.' 'I educate you for heaven, but there's more to follow.' 'I give you grace upon grace, but there's more to follow.' 'I have helped you even to old age, but there's still more to follow.' 'I will uphold you in the hour of death, and as you are passing into the world of spirits, my mercy shall still continue with you, and when you land in the world to come there shall still be MORE TO FOLLOW.'
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Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'Mercy: Continual'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fff/m/mercy-continual.html. 1870.
