The Good News

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“O UNCLE,” said a young lady, a pleasant looking person, well-off, as far as this world is concerned. “O, uncle, have you heard the good news? I have only three or four days to live; in three or four days I shall be with Jesus! Is not this good news?
This young lady, on asking her doctor if she were likely to live long, was told,
“No! —only three or four days.”
To many of us, this announcement would not come as good news, but we might think it bad, very had news. Not so with this young lady. She was tired of this world, and ready for the next—yea, more than that, she was going to meet some One she loved.
Have you, dear reader, ever known what it is to count the days, the hours, until the dear friend, the loved object of your heart come or to watch the clock until the time fixed for your going to meet him? If so, you can tell something of what this dear young lady’s thoughts were; and, O, wondrous fact! the One she was going to, was God’s own Son.
“For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.” Phil. 1:2323For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (Philippians 1:23).
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Cor. 5:88We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8).
ML 12/06/1925