Day By Day With Billy Graham / Don't Compromise

Day By Day With Billy Graham

Day 273 of 366 Don't Compromise Horace Pitkin, the son of a wealthy merchant, was converted and went to China as a missionary. He wrote to his friends in America, saying, "It will be but a short time till we know definitely whether we can serve Him better above or here." Shortly afterward, a mob stormed the gate of the compound where Pitkin defended the women and children. He was beheaded and his head was offered at the shrine of a heathen god, while his body was thrown into a pit with the bodies of nine Chinese Christians. Sherwood Eddy, writing about him, said, "Pitkin won more men by his death than he ever could have won by his life." Christ needs people today who are made of martyr stuff! Dare to take a strong, uncompromising stand for Him. Daily Prayer Thank You, Lord, for the examples of those who have gone before us. Help me to take hold of Your unlimited strength, too. Ephesians 3:16 NASB 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,