CHARLES
DICKENS
wrote
that
during
the
French
Revolution,
the French
had
an
enormous
hatred for
the
aristocrats
of
their
country.
To
be
an
aristocrat
in
France
was
like
being
a
lamb
in a den of
wolves.
In
A Tale
of
Two
Cities,
Dickens
tells
of
a
young
aristocrat
named
Charles
Darnay
who
found
himself
in
just
such
a
plight.
He
was
an
emigrant
to
England
who
was
tossed
in
to
prison
when
he
returned
to
France
on
business.
Darnay's
wife
and
father-in-law
rushed
to
Paris
to
plead
for
his
life,
but to
no
avail.
He
was sentenced
to
death
by
the
guillotine.
Finally,
the
day
of
execution
arrived
without
any
hope
in
sight.
As
the
last
hour
approached,
the
jailer
and
Charles'
old
friend,
Sydney
Carton,
appeared
at
the
cell
door.
The
jailer
opened
the
door,
and
Carton
stepped
inside.
As
the
door
clanged
shut
behind
him,
Carton
grasped
the
prisoner's
hand.
"What
are you
doing
here?"
Darnay
asked.
"No
time
to
explain,"
replied
his
friend.
''Only
do
as
I
say."
With
that,
Carton
told
Darnay
to
sit
down
and
write
a
note.
While
he
wrote,
Carton
managed
to
drug
him.
Quickly
he
exchanged
clothes
with
his
unconscious
friend.
The
jailer
carried
Charles
Darnay,
dressed
as
Sydney
Carton,
to
the
waiting
carriage.
The
carriage
raced
away, carrying
Darnay,
his
wife and child to freedom.
Within the hour,
Carton knelt at the guil-
lotine.
Later Darnay
knelt
on
English
soil
to
give God
thanks.
That
story
reminds
me
of
the
story
of
my
life,
for,
you
see,
I was
a
sinner
condemned
to
eternal
death.
As
the
Bible
says,
"all
have
sinned
and
come
short
of
the
glory
of God"!
and,
"the
wages
of sin is death."2
There
was
not
a
thing
I
ccould
do
to
save
myself.
Then Jesus
Christ
stepped
into
the
scene.
The Bible
says,
"when
we
were
yet
without
strength,
in due time Christ died
for
the
ungodly. For
scarcely
for
a
righteous
man
will
one
die;
yet
peradventure
for
a good
man
some
would
even
dare
to
die.
But
God
commendeth
His
love
toward
us,
in that,
while we
were
yet
sinners,
Christ
died
for
us.
Jesus
Christ
took
my
place.
He
forgave
me,
and
I
escaped
my
punishment.
He bore
the
punishment
I deserved.
"Christ
also
hath
once suffered for
sins,
the just for the unjust,
that
He might
bring
us
to
Cod."
Just
as
Jesus
took
my
place,
He is
willing
to
take
yours.
Why
not
pray
to
Him
right
now?
Admit
you
are
a
sinner,
worthy of eter
nal
death,
and ask
Jesus Christ
to save
you.
He's
waiting
to
set
you
free.
"God
so
loved
the
world,
that He gave
His
only
begotten
Son,
that whosoever
believeth
in Him should
not
perish,
but
have
everlasting
life.
For God
sent
not
His
Son
into
the
world
to
condemn
the
world;
but that the
world
through
Him
might
be
saved."
-Len
Calp
Bethany,
Ontario
1
Romans
3:23
2
Romans
6:23
3
Romans
5:6-8
4
I Peter
3:18
Cover by
Russ Busby
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