A few evenings ago a boy in the country who had been real well and enjoying himself, went to bed with bright hopes for the next day as usual, I presume. But alas! when his parents went to his bed in the morning, they found him dead. How they were shocked! So in a couple of days they took him to the grave-yard, and put him in the grave.
Dear, dear reader, if you should die to-night, where would your soul go to?
There are just two places, HEAVEN and HELL. One is the place of happiness; the other, the place of torment, and between the two, there is a “great gulf fixed” so no one can pass from one to the other. (Luke 16.) Death then, is not the end. “The judgment,” and “The Lake of Fire,” follow those who die in their sins, without a Saviour. But I have good news to tell you. “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” (Heb. 9:2828So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:28).)
This means peace for you, if you see you are a sinner and own it before God, He will give you to see that Christ hath borne all of your sins on the cross and put them away there, and if you are looking for Him, when He comes, He will catch you up to be with Him, without dying at all, and He is coming soon! ARE YOU READY? F. E. H.
ML 05/07/1899