A Colporteur was passing in his usual way from door to door, seeking to sell Bibles, New Testaments and gospel books, and to speak to one and another of the Saviour he loved. Calling at one house, he entered into conversation with a servant who said, “If you have a book which will show me how to get rich, live easy, and die happy, I will buy it.” The colporteur replied that he had the very book for him. He handed him a New Testament telling him that it would give him all that he had required.
And surely it is a wonderful Book, a wonderful Lamp, if it will show all that. But it does, and multitudes have proved the truth of what that simple servant of God declared.
It shows the way to “get rich”— really rich; rich with true riches that never pass away; riches which will give enjoyment now and forever.
As to the desire to “live easy,” we can say that it gives those who believe in the Lord Jesus to know that His precious blood has redeemed them, and cleansed them from all their sins. Thus their conscience is set at perfect rest and they have peace with God. They have come to Christ and He has given them that which He promises to all who come to Him—rest.
It shows the way to “die happy;” that the future has no fear for thy Christian; that Christ has borne the judgment; that He has died and risen again; that He is now in heaven living for His own, never forgetting them; that soon He is coming again for them, and thus they may never die at all; but if they do, they can “die happy,” for they know that if their spirits leave their bodies they will be present with the Lord.
The man bought the Book and found it to be a lamp to his feet and a light to his path. Have you found it to be such?
ML 08/06/1961