Those who have tasted the goodness of God can
never speak good enough of God. Reason teaches
that those should bless most who are most blessed.
What are carnal men to Christian men? The
power of God appears in the formation of one ; but
the stupendous grace of God shines illustriously in
the transformation of the other. In creation, God
has given the productions of the earth for our
bodies : but in redemption he has given himself for
our souls. Thus it appears to be a greater favor
to be converted than to be created ; yea, it were
better for us to have no being, than not to have a
new being.
Muckle Kate Not a very ordinary name! But then, Muckle Kate, or Big Kate, or Kate-Mhor, or Kate of Lochcarron was not a very ordinary woman! The actual day of her salvation is difficult to trace to its sunrising, but being such a glorious day as it was, we simply wish to relate something of what shone forth in the redeemed life of that "ill-looking woman without any beauty in the sight of God or man." Muckle Kate was born and lived in Lochcarron in the county of Ross-shire. By the time she had lived her life to its eighty-fifth year she had well-earned the reputation of having committed every known sin against the Law of God with the exception murder. Speaking after the manner of men, if it took "Grace Abounding" to save a hardened sinner like John Bunyan, it was going to take "Grace Much More Abounding" to save Muckle Kate. However, Grace is Sovereign and cannot be thwarted when God sends it on the errand of salvation, and even the method used in bri
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