If you were faced with someone someone holding a weapon aimed at you, and you could tell by circumstances and the look in their eye, that you were going to be killed in short order, how would you respond to the situation? Would you run, fight, fall on your knees and beg for mercy? What would you do?

You might want to do what Mr. Scott did. Mr. Scott ws a missionary in India. One day he saw on the street a man of so strange appearance that he inquired about him. He learned that the man belonged to a wild moutain tribe among whom CHRIST had never been preached. Mr. Scott prayed over that matter and decided to visit the tribe. As soon as he reached their mountain home, he fell in with a savage band that was on a war expedition. They seized him and pointed their spears at his heart.

At once, the missionary drew out the violin he had always carried with him and began to play and sing in their native tongue. He sang the only song he could think of, closing his eyes and expecting death at any moment. When he reached the third stanza, and nothing had happened, he opened his eyes. He was amazed to see the spears had fallen from the hands of the savages and big tears had filled their eyes.

They invited Mr. Scott to their homes. Mr. Scott spent two and a half years among them, winning many of them to CHRIST.

From this we have an example. If ever any of us are faced with death, as Mr. Scott was, perhaps we should do what he did, sing a song. What song, you ask?  Well, the right song , to be sure. What song did Mr. Scott sing that seemed to turn Death's aim?
 

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