IT was through an accident in the days of the horse cars in R― that a young lady came to know her Saviour. Two cars going in different directions collided where the double lines merge into the single, causing the pole to be driven through the side of the car into the lady’s side. A Christian doctor had her removed and examined. From the nature of the wound and her groans he knew she must be suffering intensely. He asked her how she felt. She replied in a low voice, “My sins, it is my sins.” The doctor, a Christian, was astonished, but delighted to meet an anxious soul, and as he spoke of the power and value of the precious blood of Christ, God’s Son, which cleanseth from all sin, her anxiety gave way to peace. She believed God’s testimony concerning the blood. She believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. Her sins were forgiven. She was saved. She made a quick and remarkable recovery, and the last time we heard of her she was bright in the service of the Lord, and a channel of blessing to others. But she had to be brought face to face with death before she would accept Christ as her Saviour.
It was rather different with a doctor known to us. As a student he had a brilliant career, and good prospects were his. But one day when riding his favorite horse, it shied and threw him heavily to the ground. Thank God, he was a Christian. When he regained consciousness, he learned from a friend that it was impossible for him to live long. As he thought of meeting his Saviour, and the bright scene he was about to enter, he exclaimed, “It fills every crevice of my heart with joy!” His time had come, and he entered into his rest.
In the light of these things, reader, let us be found truly “ready” should any accident-befall us. If not “ready” God has given you another warning through reading these incidents. And if a Christian let us each be found ready to accept joyfully His will for us, be it life or death.
Then we can sing:
“On the Lamb our souls are resting,
What His love no tongue can say;
All our sins, so great, so many,
In His blood are washed away.
“Sweetest rest and peace have filled us,
Sweeter praise than tongue can tell;
God is satisfied with Jesus,
We are satisfied as well.
“Conscience now no more condemns us,
For His own most precious blood
Once for all has washed and cleansed us,
Cleansed us in the eyes of God.
“Filled with this sweet peace forever,
On we go, through strife and care,
Till we find that peace around us
In the Lamb’s bright glory there.”
R. W.