Now, my dear young readers, let us just look at these words, and see if there is not something we can learn.
Let us turn to the first one:
Ah! how true this is. Each one of us has proved that. We have but a short time here in this world; then O! the importance of making good use of it.
I wonder how many have come to the Lord Jesus, and know Him. O! if you have not, I would urge upon you the importance of the next scripture,
When is it time to seek Him?
NOW, at once, even while you are reading this, if you have not done so bore, for in Isaiah 55:66Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (Isaiah 55:6) we read, “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” There is a day coming when it will be too late.
Even the cold hand of death might overtake you, or should the Lord Jesus come, and you would be left behind, O! then, how important to seek the Lord at once.
But now I want to tell you that the Lord is seeking you. It is He who has made you feel your sins, and long to know what it is to be saved; and it is He who came to this earth, and died in the sinner’s stead. O! what love that was! And so now He wants to save you. Won’t you put your trust in Him? “It is time to seek the. Lord,”
Now I come to the third scripture and that is,
If you have put your trust in Him, and know what it is to be saved, you will rejoice to know this. Even young people know there are various times; such as a time of joy, a time of happiness, a time of sorrow, a time of poverty, and a time of prosperity.
Well, the one who trusts in Jesus knows his times are in the Lord’s hands, those very hands that hold His sheep so tightly, that none can pluck them from them, and He rejoices that only what He allows will overtake him, and so he can rest calmly in His love.
And now I have just one word left. It is the word
ETERNITY,
Time is followed by Eternity. When I asked,
“What is Eternity?” one little boy answered,
“For ever and ever.”
Now, each one of us will live for eternity, or “Forever and ever”; and so I want you to just ask yourself the question, “Where shall I spend eternity?”
If you are unsaved, you will have to spend it under the judgment of God; for all those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire.
But if you are saved, thank God, you will spend it with Jesus in mansions of glory.
“These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” Matt, 25:46.
ML 08/16/1931