Little Bilney of Cambridge
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THOMAS BILNEY, familiarly known as "Little
Bilney," as a student at Cambridge
longed for peace,
and found it not till he got hold of the
New Testament
translated by Erasmus.
Then he said:
"I bought the book, being drawn thereto
rather by the
Latin than by the Word of
God, for at that time I knew
not what the Word of God meant. And, on the first
reading of it, as I well remember, I chanced upon these
words, ‘This is a faithful saying, and worthy of
all accepta-
tion, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to
save
sinners;
of whom I am chief’ (1 Tim. 1. 15). That one
sentence,
through God's inward working, did so lift up my poor
bruised spirit that the very bones within me leaped for
joy and gladness. It was as if, after a long, dark night,
day had suddenly broke!"
It became a burden on his
soul to win HUGH
LATIMER
a popular father at that time. He prayed: "O
God, I am
but little Bilney, and shall never do any great thing for
Thee; but give me the soul of HUGH LATIMER, and what
wonders he shall do in Thy Name." How this was accom-
published is told in next record.
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