A FAITHFUL Scotch preacher had occasion one day to pass a factory where glass was manufactured. Finding the door open, he stepped in. Soon he stood before the cavernous opening of one of the furnaces. He stared at the seething flames as though hypnotized and finally exclaimed, “Oh, what will hell be like?” He did not know that a stoker near by in the shadow heard his words.
Several weeks went by. Then one Sunday the stoker came to the chapel, and making himself known to the preacher after the service, the stoker reminded him of the incident at the glass factory and said, “Every time that I have opened the furnace since then I have thought of your words. I came tonight to take Jesus as my Saviour. I don’t want to find out what hell is like!”
And you too, dear reader, have only to look to the Lord Jesus and take Him as your own precious Saviour, and He will save you and give you everlasting life. He is “not willing that ANY should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Pet. 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9).
ML-02/18/1962