It happened in the year 1937 in U.S.A. Hensley was in control of a railroad bridge over the Mississippi. Each day at a certain hour this bridge was raised so that barges pass through. Then it was lowered for the trains to pass over.
One day Hensley took his eight-year-old son with him to work. When it was time for him to close the bridge, he saw that the child, while playing, had fallen into the gears that operated it. Hensley knew that if he pushed the lever, his son would be crushed to death. If he saved the boy, the 400 passengers on the approaching train would die.
The father sacrificed his son. The train passed over as usual. It was filled with good and bad men, with saints and the unholy. Hensley had saved their lives by sacrificing his son.
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.” (John:3:16)
One day Hensley took his eight-year-old son with him to work. When it was time for him to close the bridge, he saw that the child, while playing, had fallen into the gears that operated it. Hensley knew that if he pushed the lever, his son would be crushed to death. If he saved the boy, the 400 passengers on the approaching train would die.
The father sacrificed his son. The train passed over as usual. It was filled with good and bad men, with saints and the unholy. Hensley had saved their lives by sacrificing his son.
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.” (John:3:16)
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