The Danger and the Lighthouse
Illustration★★★The passengers on an Atlantic liner are straining their eyes to catch the first glimpse of the Welsh coast.
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Right in the steamer’s path, off the coast of Anglesey,
is a group of dangerous rocks called the Skerries, twice
each day covered by the tide. Someone calls out,
“There are the Skerries!” And presently over the
steamer’s bows all fix their gaze upon a bright point of
light gleaming far away on the darkening horizon.
But where are the Skerries? “There are the
Skerries.” Long before you reach them their presence
and position are disclosed to you, but only by the light-
house that has been placed in the dangerous spot to
render them harmless. So the Word in which God
announces peril to the voyager on the sea of life is a
Word which spells refuge. Before He announces the
danger He announces the deliverance (Ps. cxix. 105).
Rev. C. S. Pedley, B.A.
The point
Just as a lighthouse marks hidden rocks before ships even see the danger, God's Word reveals the peril of sin already paired with the way of escape.