I have been greatly blessed by Words Old and New by Horatius Bonar. I may be posting many gems from this book which have encouraged and challenged me. I hope these quotes will encourage you as well. Today's quote is from Charles Wolfe (1791-1823), an Irish poet and curate. His words are very applicable given the trend to throw out the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement. How has God's mercy been shewn? By visiting the sentence on sin to the uttermost. He did not fling us His mercy indolently from His throne; but He executed sentence to the uttermost upon His only-begotten Son. His mercy does not consist in extinguishing His justice, but in executing it upon the head of the Son in whom He was well-pleased. Awful mercy! Terrible forgiveness! Mercy that we must not dare trifle with!