IN a city where a good many of my readers live, my attention has been attracted to a sign which reads, “Safety First.” Sometimes we see it on the front end of street cars, and, too, it is customary to place such a sign near the approaches to all public schools, to warn drivers to be careful of the lives of dear children, and likewise to warn children to be looking out for passing vehicles.
And what mother does not warn her little ones as they leave for school in the morning, to be careful at crossings? It is nice, indeed, to desire to preserve the life which God has given us, but according to Gen. 2:77And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7) God has given every one of us a soul that never dies, and we shall be greatly concerned about “Safety” for eternity as well as “Safety” for time. The only way to be safe for eternity, is to take our place before God as lost and ruined sinners, according to Rom. 3:23,23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23) “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,” and find shelter under the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, shed at Calvary’s cross.
“Safe in Christ, the weakest child,
Stands in all God’s favor;
All in Christ are reconciled
Through that only Saviour.
“Safe in Christ! safe in Christ!
He’s their glory ever;
None can pluck them from His hand,
They shall perish never.”
Messages of God’s Love 7/25/1915