"I have had the desire of my heart fulfilled," said my fellow-passenger—a young man of twenty-one—as we traveled together.
"What is that," I inquired.
"I have seen Land's End. I have wished to see it since I was a boy, but never was able to go till now.”
"Do you know what my first thoughts were the first time I stood there looking out on the wide stretch of ocean beyond?”
"No," said my fellow-passenger, "what were they?”
"I thought of the coming hour when I would stand on the last stage of earthly life and look out on the great eternity beyond, and I was glad and thankful to know that when that "Land's End" was reached, I would go direct to heaven to be With Christ which is far better.”
"I never heard anybody say that before," said the young man. "Don't you think it is presumption to be so sure?”
"No, not when God says it. If my certainty of heaven depended on myself, or my works, I might well tremble to say so, but when it all depends on Christ and His atoning death for sinners, accepted by God on my behalf, then I can speak with certainty, because Christ and His precious Blood are forever the same. I am quite sure that He will never fail me.”
We had a long interesting conversation together on the Gospel of God and its saving power in all who believe it; and as we parted at our journey's end, the young man grasped my hand and said, "I shall never forget my excursion to `Land's End;' not only for what I saw there, but for what I have heard about the end of life's journey, and the eternity beyond; and above all, for the Gospel. It has been all new to me.”
"Receive it then, dear fellow, as your own," I said, and then he was off into the crowded streets of the city.