MR. Karson was the gateman at a very busy railway station. At all hours of the day, trains came rushing along, and it was Mr. Karson’s job to see that the gates were closed to traffic, so that no one might stray onto the dangerous tracks.
One day it was necessary for him to be absent from his work for a very short time, and his wife, who had often helped him before, took charge of the gate till he returned. All was going well, and it was just about time for him to return. A very fast train was coming down the track, and the gates were securely closed to traffic. Just at the last moment, her watchful eye noticed a little child slip under the gate and wander onto the dangerous tracks. It was her own little Nancy! In a moment she rushed after the little one, and flung her off the tracks to a place of safety but at the same instant she was struck by the train and killed on the spot.
I am sure little Nancy could hardly realize that her own carelessness had cost her dear mother’s life. But as she grew a little older and realized that she owed her own life to her mother’s devotion, how deeply she would love the memory of that mother!
Do you know that I owe my life to the death of One who loved me? Yes, I was a poor lost sinner, on my way down the road that leads to hell. But the Lord Jesus saw me, loved me and died on the cross for me. Someday I am going to look at the nail marks in His blessed hands, and I am going to thank Him over and over again for taking my place and dying for me on Calvary.
Messages of God’s Love 11/24/1957