When Paul asked Philemon in a most beautiful letter to take back Onesimus who had run away from him. He said, if he has wronged you or owes you anything, put that on my account. Onesimus had been a bad servant to Philemon, and he was willing to come back and to do better. This, however, would not pay for what he had wronged him in before, and would not pay his old debts, and he evidently had nothing himself to pay them with. But Paul offered to pay all, so that Onesimus might be received, not now as a servant, but as a beloved brother. This is an exquisite picture of what the Lord Jesus Christ does. He not only intercedes for us with Him from whom we have departed, and against whom we have sinned, but knowing to the full how much we have wronged God, and how much we owe Him, He says, put that on my account. And God has put it all on His account. And the account has been paid, paid in blood. When the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all, Jesus saw and knew all your sins. And He said, Put that on my account. Francis Ridley Havergal.