A great picture by Rubens was discovered in an old picture shop in the Gresham Road in London. An expert with a keen eye went to the sale, and amid a heterogeneous lot of rubbish he detected in the grime and soot and dust of the years, a masterpiece of Rubens. Crushing down the quiver that came into his voice, he asked in as calm a tone as he could of the picture dealer, what he would take for this old bit of canvas. The picture dealer looked at it and said, "I will give it to you for thirty-five shillings." The thirty-five shillings were in the seller's hand in a minute, and the purchaser took it home, got it cleansed and put right, and out from the grime and the dust there shines today a two thousand pound's worth of a picture by Rubens. "God can detect, under the failing and fainting, the grime and the dust of His weakest child's faith, the masterpiece of His Son. His likeness shines through your experience and the Lord can read the facings of His own uniform. He never makes a mistake and only in this uniform will He save you. --C. Lee Cook
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