A group of happy schoolboys started off on a Saturday morning to sail their boats in a stream some distance from their homes. Before they started out, their parents made them promise that they would not go in swimming, as there were many deep pools in the stream. For several hours the boys had a good time with their boats, but when noon came, they were so hot that one of them suggested a swim.
At first the other boys refused, hut they were promised that “no one would tell” and soon they were all diving into the water.
All at once, one of the boys disappeared. His brother quickly climbed up the hank and gave a loud cry for help. Three men came running from a field close by, and one of them dived right in with all his clothes on, and soon Sam was pulled out—unconscious. Inside of an hour, he was in his own bed, and I am thankful to say, soon recovered, but he never forgot that day.
“As I was going down, my disobedience and other sins came flashing across my mind,” he said “It was awful, but nothing to what it will he when a sinner goes down to the lake of fire with his memory awakened.” Sam is now a Christian, and sometimes speaks in this way in warning sinners to come to Christ. Dear reader, are you safe in Christ? Someday, it may be without warning, you will slip out into eternity, and unless your sins are washed away in the blood of Jesus Christ, you will be lost forever. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).
ML 04/30/1950