OUR train stopped at the station of Eldon, where, as usual all was bustle and noise. We heard some loud shootings, but took no notice of them as we were busy talking. At last one of us said, “Why are we stopping here so long? The train should have left long ago.” Another opened the window and looked out. The next moment he turned around to us with the words, “The train is gone! The last two coaches have been left behind.”
We all jumped up, called a railroad official who was near, and asked him what it meant. “You have been left behind.” he answered.
“But why didn’t somebody come and tell us to change coaches?”
“I passed both coaches and called out as loudly as I could several times. It is your own fault if you paid no attention.”
What could we say? We had heard him calling but had not heeded.
How many will be left behind when the Lord comes and gives that shout which calls His own home to glory. How many there are, and perhaps the reader is among the number, who have heard the warning call, but have paid no attention.
Messages of the Love of God 1/18/1948