Before the Church of the Consistory in Paris, there stands a beautifully executed monument to the memory of Admiral Coligny, leader of the Reformation in France. He is seen standing with a Bible in his hand.

At the siege of St. Quentin the Admiral served in the French army, was wounded and taken to hospital. While lying in his bed, weary and weak with suffering, a booklet caught his eye; it had been placed upon his bed by an unknown hand. He read it, and was brought under deep conviction of sin, afterward finding peace as he turned away from self to Christ and trusted Him as a personal Saviour.

But the mission of the little booklet was not at an end. The nurse, a Sister of Mercy, read it, and she too was led to realize that good works are unavailing for salvation. "Not of works, lest any man should boast," the Scriptures unmistakably declare (Eph. 2:9).

But the work of the booklet was not yet done. The sister penitently laid it in the hands of the Lady Abbess. She too read its blessed message, and its words were as cold water to a thirsty soul. She too was brought to the Saviour, and ultimately had to flee from France to the Palatine. Here she met a leading Hollander and ultimately became his wife. This was none other than "William the Silent," Prince of Orange, who was so wonderfully used of God to withstand the efforts of the Papacy to overthrow the Reformation in Holland.

"Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days" (Eccl. 11:1). J. W. H. N.