And the Door Was Shut”

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Rejecters of Christ! Cold, empty professors! Foolish virgins! A few more words and tears for you. Ponder well these words:
What door? The door to happiness, to the Father's house.
What will this world be to you when that door is shut?
What will be the value of this world's riches then?
What will the applause of men and the flatteries of Satan be worth then?
Think, oh think, dear reader! Think seriously on that coming, solemn hour! Look that day in the face and tell me: what is there in the wide range of your thoughts and visions worth having, when compared with Christ? If Satan's world be your choice here, Satan's hell must be your portion hereafter. And oh, remember, the time is short! The door will soon be shut, and shut forever.
Haste, then! Delay not! Forget not; but at once, and with your whole heart, flee to Jesus. He is waiting to receive you; ready to pardon you; anxious to save you. He invites you to come to Himself. Hear then His voice of love.
"Come to the Savior! Make no 'delay:
Here in His Word He's shown us the way;
At your heart's door He's! knocking today,
Tenderly saying, 'Come."'
"When we were yet
without strength,
in due time Christ died
for the ungodly.”