Two sisters shared one bedroom; one was a Christian and lived for Christ, the other lived for pleasure.
One night the Christian girl went to hear a lecture on the coming of the Lord. On her return she told her sister what she had heard and then told her the feeling that came over her.
“I felt like this: I thought if He should come tonight what a terrible thing it would be for you. I should be taken up to be forever with the Lord, and you would be left behind for judgment. I could not bear to think of it!” Her sister did not answer.
They slept in the same bed, and in the night the Christian lay awake thinking, “If the Lord should come - oh! my poor sister!”
At last, unable to bear the dreadful thought any longer, she rose quietly and slipped to a corner of the room. There she knelt down and poured out her heart in silent prayer to God.
Presently the other girl woke up. She felt for her sister, but she was not there. Not knowing what had happened, in sudden terror she thought to herself, “Can it be that the Lord has come?”
Frantically she scrambled out of bed and in a frenzy of fear searched about the dark room until she found her sister still on her knees. She knelt beside her, and before they arose she too had trusted in Jesus and was ready to meet Him.
Are you ready?
Christ is coming; oh, be ready!
Let not slumber dull your eyes;
Do not say, “My Lord delayeth.”
He is coming; Oh, be wise!
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