In the New Testament the Lord seems to have selected some of every kind and class to show that He will receive all. 1. He will receive the rich--Joseph of Arimathea. 2. The poor--Lazarus the beggar. 3. The learned--Dionysius the Areopagite. 4. Physicians--Luke. 5. Soldiers--the Roman centurion. 6. Fishermen--the apostles. 7. Extortioners--Zaccheus. 8. Tax-gatherers--Matthew. 9. Thieves--the dying robber. 10. Harlots--the woman who was a sinner. 11. Adulterers--the woman of Samaria. 12. Persecutors and murderers--Paul. 13. Back sliders--Peter. 14. Persons in trade--Lydia. 15. Statesmen and courtiers--the eunuch of Ethiopia. 16. Families--that at Bethany. 17. Whole multitudes--those on Day of Pentecost. ( Van Doren. )
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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