We can confess Christ by rebuking sin in the proper spirit. In England a minister was traveling in a railway carriage with some betting men. Presently he managed to engage one in a friendly conversation. “Pardon me,” said the minister, “I mean no offense, but I presume you are a betting man.” He replied that he was. “Have you any children?” asked our friend. “Yes,” was the reply, “I have a lad of fourteen; as bonnie a lad as you wish to see.” “Would you like him to follow your occupation?” was the next question, and the big tears gathered in the man’s eyes as he replied, “I would rather bury him.” At the next station the betting men all left the carriage, but before the train started again the man who had been addressed came back to the carriage and said, “I would like to shake hands with you; I shall not forget what you have said. Nobody ever spoke to me as you have done.” — Topical Illustrations