Peter was standing on the platform of a railway station waiting for his train to come along. It was a few minutes late and he was looking this way and that, greatly interested in the other trains and in the coming and going of the crowds nearby. Suddenly he heard one of the station officials shout,
“ATTENTION!”
“Who can he be shouting at?” thought Peter. “Someone may be in danger; I wonder what the trouble is.”
Again came the shout, louder than ever,
“ATTENTION!”
This time Peter looked on either side of him, wondering to whom the call was directed, when suddenly a strong hand grasped him by his coat collar and dragged him back. Just then a locomotive came whizzing past so close that he would have been caught and dragged along had he not been pulled away.
“Thank you, sir, for saving my life!”
“But didn’t you hear me shouting at you?”
“Yes, sir, I heard you shout ‘Attention’ but I didn’t see any danger and I thought it meant somebody else.”
Maybe you wonder how a locomotive could be so near, and yet Peter didn’t see or hear it. There were so many other things and so many other noises about him, that the danger came on him without his noticing it.
“ATTENTION!”
This word is directed to you, dear reader, and don’t take it for anyone else. You are in danger of losing your soul eternally. Hear these warning notes of God’s Word: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation.” Hebrews 2:33How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (Hebrews 2:3).
This message is not for the boy next door or for the girl around the corner it is for you! Have your sins been washed in the blood of Jesus?
ML-03/20/1977