"Let Us Alone"

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"Why can't they let us alone? They never come to the house without tormenting us about our souls; and I don't see the fun of it at all." So said a proud, unconverted young man to his mother. And possibly the reader of these lines has thought the same, if he has not said them.
Now, shall I tell you why we do not let you alone why we speak to you, and why we write to you? It is because we see you standing upon the slippery brink of everlasting hell, heedless of your danger! Every throb of your heart beats the death march to the grave; and you live as though you had a lease on life, and could die when you pleased. You live as though there were no God to meet, no sins to answer for, no hell to shun, and no heaven to reach. How can we let you alone? We would be cruel, heartless, inhuman if we did.
"Let us alone!" So said the poor, devil-possessed sinner to the Lord Jesus in the days of old (Mark 1:2424Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. (Mark 1:24)). But Jesus did not let him alone, and the unclean spirit had to come out.
Just think of one in such terrible misery saying to the only One who could deliver him—and who came for that purpose —"Let us alone!" And yet men follow his example.
Dear one, if still unsaved, thank God that you have a body out of the grave and a soul out of hell; and do not say to Him any longer: "Let us alone,"—lest He answer your prayer. BUT