Martyr Grace


 

It is undoubtedly the case that God gives grace for each situation into which His will and purpose brings His people: it surely is this fact that explains the outstanding attitude of so many of those "everyday" saints who died the martyr's death in those ages of the church's troubles.


Two old men threatened by their persecutor - the Mayor of London - that they would be "tied up in sacks and thrown in the Thames," made this reply; "My Lord, we are going to the Kingdom of heaven, and whether we go by land or by water is of very little consequence to us."


Like the other two - one blind and the other on crutches - when tied to the stake, the lame one threw his crutches away and shouted to his blind companion - "Courage, brother, this fire will cure us both!"