SCHOOL was just over, and a company of boys started for a climb. They were a merry party, and the mountain was brilliant with sunshine and with gay flowers. The whole surroundings were attractive and beautiful and with eager steps they pressed on.
One daring boy left his companions, and wandering off by himself ascended one of the lonely heights. He evidently took no account of the time, and had no thought of danger as he made for the peaks where the rarer flowers grew.
Alas! that boyish freak cost him his life.
His companions had to return without their friend, and the sad news that he was alone in the mountains had to be conveyed to his loved ones. They, with many kind friends searched for the missing boy, but no trace of him could they find.
They were too late to rescue him alive.
What must have been his feelings when the truth flashed upon him that he was lost—alone and lost!
Perhaps there is a warning voice in this for you, dear boys.
Are you travelling through life alone? Alas, then, for you surely cannot know the dangerous position you are in.
Without a guide, without one to protect you from coming judgment! Oh! pause and consider what will the end be if you refuse to accept Christ as your own Saviour and Guide.
He says to you, “If you die in your sins, whither I go you cannot come.” You will be lost forever.
The poor boy of whom I have spoken desired to have his own will, and to go his own way and please himself. Naturally we all like to have our own way. But we do well to look ahead, for “there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:1212There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12).)
Go on no longer without Christ—alone, and lost on the dark mountains of sin.
There is true happiness in knowing Christ and in doing the will of God. Flee then to Him now.
Are you saying, “There’s time enough yet”? Surely you must have forgotten that Jesus says three times, “I come quickly.” (Rev. 227, 12, 20.) He means it too. Would it not display great wisdom on your part to prepare for the future at once? He has said, “Those that seek Me early shall find Me.” Proverbs 8:1717I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. (Proverbs 8:17).
ML 05/15/1904