The Philosopher

A STORY is told of a philosopher who, while crossing a river in a ferry boat, asked the boatman if he understood astronomy.
"Astronomy, no sir, I never heard of it before."
The learned man replied,
"I am very sorry, for one quarter of your life has been wasted."
A few minutes after, lie asked the ferryman,
"Do you know anything of mathematics?" The man smiled and answered,
"Well, then," said the sage, "another quarter of your life has been wasted,"
Then he asked a third question,
"Do you understand arithmetic?"
"O no, I never went to school," said the ferryman. "
Well, my friend, a third part of your life has been wasted."
Just then the boat struck on a rock. The ferryman, as he pulled off his coat to swim to shore, asked the philosopher,
"Sir, can you swim?"
"No," said the learned man,
"Well, then," replied the boatman, "your whole life is wasted, for the boat is going to the bottom."
Men may know much about astronomy, mathematics, geology and other sciences, but if they don't know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour, they will be lost eternally.
Of what use was the philosopher's learning to him when the boat went down, if he could not swim?
Of what use will this world's wealth, learning, fame or glory be to one who is about to pass into eternity, if he has not Christ?
To know the Lord Jesus Christ, and what 'His death has accomplished for you, will give you eternal life.
"This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent." John 17:33And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3).
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