I had just seated myself on the train, all ready for my first trip to the city of Taunton. Just before the train started a young lady stepped into the compartment, and sat down. Just as the train started she spoke up, “I suppose this train stops at Reading?”
“I think not,” I said, “but you ought to have asked before you got on. This train goes through to Taunton without stopping.”
She looked a bit worried for a while, but then seemed to forget her worries until we finally drew nearer to Reading. Then she picked up her suitcase and looked anxiously out the window. Presently the name “Reading” flashed by the window, and then to her dismay, we went straight through and just caught a glimpse of the station and platform as we went by.
She was on the wrong train for sure, end her friends were all waiting for her at Reading!
I could not help feeling sorry for her, and as the train hurried along, I thought: The same train that is taking me to my destination, is every moment taking her away from hers.
You, too, are a traveler, young reader. Time is hurrying you and me both onward—somewhere. Those who are saved are being hurried onward and upward to the glory to be with the Lord Jesus Christ. And those who are not saved are being hurried onward and downward to everlasting darkness.
It may be that your father and mother are both Christians, and together in the same house they are getting nears’ and nearer heaven, while you are go L_ Ling nearer and nearer hell.
If you come to the Lord Jesus now and accept Him as your own Saviour, you too will be on your way to glory.
ML 11/26/1950