A BUSINESS man entered a large business establishment, and after making inquiries about certain things, he sat down in a chair. He had not been seated long before he took suddenly sick. Those around him sent for a doctor, who did what he could for him. The man kept saying:
“I’ve forgotten! I’ve forgotten!”
What could he have forgotten? Something in his will? Or some important business? Send for his lawyer, someone said. The lawyer came and implored the man to tell him what he had forgotten. At last the man said
“I’ve forgotten about my soul!” and he fell into the arms of the doctor dead.
How awful to pass from time into eternity with such words on the lips!
Many people may be very shrewd in business, and very careful to make every provision for themselves and their families while down here, but never think about where they are going to spend their eternity.
O, dear children, what about your soul? Has this ever caused you an anxious thought? What if you should be lost forever?
You cannot say, like the Psalmist, “No man cared for my soul.” No, there are those who care for your soul.
God cares: He gave His only begotten Son for you.
Christ cares: In wondrous love and pity He came down into this scene of sin and woe, and died on Calvary’s cross, offering Himself to God a sacrifice for sin. His precious blood was shed to cleanse you from your sins.
Think, dear children, if you go to hell, you go past Calvary, and all the anguish of the Saviour there. You pass the infinite love of God expressed there, as though it were nothing.
O! what a hell yours will be, to think for all eternity that you might have been saved, but neglected it, and you will have no one to blame but yourself.
O! be wise, get this important question of your soul’s salvation settled now. God offers you a full and free pardon—salvation present and eternal, if you will but come to Him as a poor lost sinner. Jesus did all the work. You have nothing to do but simply to trust in Him. He never turns anyone away. He is Mighty to Save. Come to Him. He will save you.
To lose thy gold is loss to thee,
To lose thy health is more;
To lose thy soul is such a loss
That no man can restore.
ML 12/23/1917