ONE of the old preachers was one day speaking from Matt. 25, seeking to press upon his hearers the awful danger of putting oft the salvation of their souls, lest they should be among the number of those who would come to knock, and say, “Lord, Lord, open to us,” after those who were ready had gone inside, “and the door was shut.”
Dear reader, have you never thought of the possibility of your being among the number of those who will be found seeking for salvation outside the closed door, only to find to your bitter disappointment that the last one has been gathered in, that God’s house is full, and consequently there is no room?
There were some gay young men listening to him, and one whispered to another, “But another door will open.” As though the preacher had heard the remark, he went on to say, “Someone may say, ‘But another door will open.’ Yes, another door will open, but it will be the door that opens into hell.”
Dear unsaved children, do not trifle with such an important matter as the salvation of your soul. Grace—long-suffering grace—still keeps the door wide open, that poor, needy sinners may enter in and be saved eternally; but it may close while you linger outside, to leave you without hope for eternity, with the awful cry “no room” ringing in your ears.
Day is declining, and the sun is low;
The shadows lengthen, light makes haste to go.
Pass in! pass in! That banquet is for thee;
That cup of everlasting love is free.
Ere night that gate may close and seal thy doom;
Then the last low, long cry, “No room! no room.”
ML 10/14/1917