A Soapmaker, who was not saved, walked along the road with a preacher one day. He said to
the preacher, “The gospel you preach has not done much good. There is still a lot of wickedness in the
world, and wicked people, too.” Quietly they walked on. The preacher did not reply to his friend’s
comment until they passed a dirty little child making mudpies in the gutter. With this before them, the
preacher spoke, “Soap has not done much good in the world, I see; for there is still much dirt in the world,
and many
...