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oblation to the conqueror, is wafted back into the nostrils of these captives. To some it
portends death, to others life.
The Apostle Paul conceives of himself as a dispenser of the fragrance of Christ‟s
Gospel to all men, whether they receive it to their own salvation or reject it to their
own perdition. The fragrance is there in either case and the triumph of the Christ is
assured.
In a very true sense every believer is a bearer of the sweet odor of the grace and
truth that is in Jesus Christ. I believe the sympathetic reader, having perused these
stories of “The Incense-Bearers of Han,” will agree that they fulfill the type.
JAMES R. GRAHAM, JR., D.D.
Glendale, California
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