February 1, 2022, 3:00 PM
The Supreme Test
A martyr in Switzerland was standing barefooted on the faggots, about to be burned quick to the death. He accosted the magistrate who was superintending his execution and asked him to come near him. He said, “Will you please to lay your hand upon my heart? I am about to die by fire. Lay your hand on my heart. If it beats any faster than it ordinarily beats, do not believe my religion.” The magistrate, with palpitating heart himself, and all in a tremble, laid his hand upon the martyr’s bosom, and found that he was just as calm as if he were going to his bed rather than to the flames. Such is the power of “the peace of God which passeth all understanding,” (Philippians 4:7).
