PRINCE LEOPOLD is dead! He was alive and apparently well and cheerful on Sunday; on the Friday following he was suddenly ushered into the presence of God. What an unexpected and overwhelming blow to his young, loving wife, and his fond, royal mother May “the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,” comfort their bereaved, crushed, and sorrowing hearts.
What a universal leveler—arbitrary, ruthless, cruel—death is! He is no respecter of persons. The prince, the peer, the peasant, and the pauper must all yield to his summons when it comes.
“Be ye also READY,” for you may be the next laid low by death. There are two things that will enable you to welcome death, and make you fit for the presence of a holy God. One is the PRECIOUS BLOOD of Christ, which removes all unfitness, and the other is the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God, which makes the possessor of it fit at any moment for the presence of God.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thon shalt be saved, and know that His blood has cleansed thee from all thy sins; and that now, clothed in the righteousness of God, thou art ready for death, or for the second coming of Christ, whichever may occur first.
H. M. H.