The old lamplighter had spent much of his young days in evil ways but, wonderful to tell, he had been converted. He had found a new life and hope in Jesus; the Saviour had become his light and song.
One day he met one of his old buddies who had in times past often joined him in his sinful ways. This friend reproached him for “turning pious.”
The old lamplighter responded: “You know what I am—a lamplighter. Well, I turn the lights on in the evening. Then late at night, I turn them off again. When I go around turning out the lights, I look back, and all the way behind me is darkness. That is like my past life.
“But when I look in front of me there is a long row of twinkling lights to guide me, and that is like my future since I found the Lord Jesus as my Saviour. My pathway will be filled with light until I come to the end of the way. Then it will be eternal sunshine. There shall be no night there.”
ML-06/24/1979