ETERNITY—a clock with a pendulum so vast that, as it swung, it said “tick” in one century and “tock” in the next. Imagine what such a clock ticks out! Eternal happiness for the saved, but everlasting misery for the lost.
Weigh, then, the two possibilities carefully. Put into one scale earthly suffering—though it lead even to martyrdom—but, with the suffering, put the certainty of an eternity of joy. Into the other scale cast the handful of pleasures to be gathered in time and to be followed by an eternity of woe. Which scale is the heavier?
Surely it is wise to turn to the Lord Jesus for salvation, to avail yourself of His atoning death, and obtain the forgiveness of your sins, and “an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.”
Oh, reader, let this simple appeal speak to you. Enroll yourself under Christ’s banner and fear not the storm of persecution that may rage against you. CHRIST Himself will support you amid the tempest, and will soon take you into His presence, where there is fullness of joy, and where there are pleasures for evermore.
ML-12/23/1979