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Edited by Heyman Wreford
IT is recorded that, when on his death-bed, William the Conqueror, extremely alarmed, said to those who stood round him, “Laden with many and grievous sins I tremble, and being about to be taken soon into the terrible examination of God, I am ignorant what I should do.” Let us hear the words of another Conqueror — “For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.” What a contrast between the statements of the two conquerors. Death is very busy now slaying many thousands. Reader, do you fear death; do you tremble at the thought of dying? If unsaved, well may you tremble. Solemn indeed are the words which head these lines: “After Death — The Judgment.” Listen to the words of the Saviour, who by dying has conquered death: “I am the resurrection and the life, he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?” Reader, let me ask you, in view of eternity, are you saved? Are your sins washed away in the precious blood of Jesus? If so, you can say with the apostle Paul and all the redeemed ones, “O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?” If not, remember, after death-the judgment.
E. C. F.
Merton Park