THESE are days of extensive advertising. Vendors vie with each other in placing their wares before the public in the most enticing form possible. The advertising hoardings are often adorned by veritable works of art. To turn over the advertisement pages of a high-class magazine is both entertaining and informing.
But occasionally in the middle of what is attractive and pleasant, we come across a stray advertisement, which raises a very different line of thought. All would combine in having it removed, if it were possible. And yet, if the lesson to be learned from such were received, it would be well. The majority of people rush on, careless and unconcerned, and pay no heed to the warnings placed in their path.
For instance read this advertisement:
1. Funerals to suit all classes.
2. Coffins of all sizes kept in stock.
3. Coffin-makers wanted―constant employment.
Death is an unpleasant subject, yet it is one that must be faced. It forces itself directly and indirectly upon the attention of everyone.
Why, not face the question? The advertisement proves three things,
1. That Death comes to all alike.
2. That Death comes at any age.
3. That Death is busy all the time.
In short, this advertisement warns you that death is going to visit YOU, and that you know not when the visit may take place.
That being the case, are you prepared? You would find it hard, if not impossible, to find anyone possessed of his senses, who does not know that life’s journey must be sooner or later ended, and that death might occur very unexpectedly. No one can be sure in the morning that he will live to see the evening. And yet there are multitudes who make no preparation for such an event. What blindness! What folly! Are you guilty of such folly?
I would entreat you with all the energy of soul I possess,
“PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD.”
Meet Him you must, but how?
A. J. P.