SOME years ago, a young man hurried to the W. Depot, to catch the last train for L., where he wished to arrive the same night. Just as he reached the depot he heard the signal for the departure of the train and he rushed down the steps, but only to be told,
“Too late, sir.”
The lights were put out, the last train left. The young man remained motionless, disappointed, not knowing what to do. Then the thought came vividly before him.
“What will become of me when Christ comes, if, like now, it is too late for me, if my last hope vanishes, and I must remain in darkness forever?”
This thought made him shudder; he could not get rid of it.
“But” suggested Satan, “how do you know if the work of Christ is of any use now?”
Returning home with a disturbed mind, he opened his Bible, and his eye fell on the following passage:
“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word.” John 17:2020Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; (John 17:20). These words of the Lord Jesus were enough for him: The light entered his soul, he closed the Book and kneeling down, thanked and praised God for having saved him, and from that moment he has never had a doubt as to his complete acceptation before God.
ML 12/17/1922