ENTERING the station some time before the hour at which I expected my friend, I was able to watch the people passing to and fro. The train was just about to leave, when a man and woman hurried to the platform, the man leading a big dog, the woman carrying a large bundle. The man had just time to jump into the train with his dog, when it started off, leaving the woman behind. She called out to her companion, “I’ll come on by the next train.”
This made me think of the time now fast approaching, when those who are “too late” will have no hope of “coming on by the next train.” Perhaps tonight the signal may be given, the Lord Himself may come in the air, and all who are ready will go to meet Him. What of those who are left behind? There is no hope for them, no other chance if they have rejected Christ now, no “next train” to take them to glory.
The Lord may come at any time. His coming is more certain than death. Are you ready for Him? “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.” How those who are ready, and waiting for Him, long for that moment.
Do you long for it? Are your sins washed away in His precious blood?
Dear reader, do not put it off any longer. We read in Hebrew 10:37, “For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” That was written 1800 years ago; and the “little while” is nearly over, but still the door of mercy is open, and you may now enter in.
That loving invitation will not long be given. Now it is addressed to you. Will you accept it?
ML 05/05/1918