NEARLY nine years ago the students of one school planned to visit another school about a hundred miles away.
One fine morning, some four hundred people assembled at the depot, ready for a holiday together and happy because they were going to spend it in such an enjoyable way.
There were so many going that they had a special train. All was excitement. It was indeed a merry crowd.
But after they had gone a few miles the engineer saw, away ahead, a smoke arising from the track.
Nearer and nearer drew the train until it reached the dangerous spot. The smoke was from a small bridge of trestle work about five or six feet in length. It was not much of a fire, but the smoldering beams had become weakened and it was not safe for the train to cross. What was to be done? The travelers could not reach their destination by an imperfect road. No, the track must be perfect. The train must go back far enough to branch off on another road.
This caused several hours’ delay, but the end of the journey was finally reached.
What lesson may we draw from this little incident? We are all journeying through this world. Let us liken sin to the burning bridge. Just as this very small fire would have kept the train from reaching its destination if it had not been able to go over another road, so the smallest sin will keep the sinner from reaching heaven if some provision is not made. Just as the train must have a perfect track, so the sinner must have a perfect way of access to a Home above.
And what is that perfect way? Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.” John 14:6.
Yes, dear reader, He is the way and the only way. If we go our own way, we will be wrecked by sin. But if we trust in Jesus as the sure and perfect way, our sins have been put away by His precious blood and He will carry us through in safety to the end of the journey.
Then we shall be with Him and like Him forever.
ML 04/26/1903