HOW different are the means used by one and another to spread the glad tidings, and words of warning to the unsaved.
A friend of mine whose watch was out of repair, left it at a country watchmaker’s to be put right. On opening the case, the watchmaker found neatly pasted on the inside of the cover the following message:
“Come, sinner, timely warning catch
From this small instrument, a ‘watch,’
That life is brittle as the glass,
That all thy springs are very frail;
Apt to vary; prone to fail.
That all thy movements soon may stand, ‘
Till touched by the Great Maker’s hand.”
He had already, through God’s mercy, to him, realized the truth of it, and had turned to the Saviour for refuge, and found in Him the True spring of life and blessing; and now, come what may, nothing can touch or alter in any way the joys that are found in Christ.
Dear children, take heed to the warnings you hear; remember that our lives are indeed as “brittle as the glass.” Very little seems to end this poor, frail life; but God knows all this, “He remembers we are but dust,” and has provided such a loving, tender, sympathizing Saviour for us to put our trust in, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died that we might live eternally with Him. It is His precious blood that cleanseth from all sin.
“What is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, ‘If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.’ “ {vi 30352-30353}James 4:14-15.
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psa. 90:12.
Messages of God’s Love 6/26/1921