How uncertain life is. There is danger and death on every hand. Some years ago, I was in the last carriage of a train on the Metropolitan railway, and as we swept around a curve, I saw a man come down from a bank and try and cross the line. He was not quick enough; the buffer of the engine struck him; and as the train swept by, I saw him extended on the opposite rails, on his face and hands. Was he dead? I could not tell. Was he saved? I did not know.
In Paris, one day I walked into the Morgue; and there behind the glass partition, on the stone slab, I saw the dead body of a man.
He had been dragged out of the river Seine, and there he lay, with his working clothes on, dead. I thought as I gazed upon him, what of his soul? He was in eternity, where was he gone?
I saw one of the finest men I ever looked upon in my life, die in a hospital ward. A man in the prime of life, with broad and muscular chest, and a massive frame. He had fallen from a tree and injured his spine. He was unconscious when I saw him, and breathing deeply. I stood and watched him till he died. His weeping sister said to the nurse afterward, “He was a good brother.”
I longed to know if he was saved, but I could not tell.
Oh, my reader, what of you? Death may come to you at any moment; is your soul saved? I know One who is ready to save you this moment. It is Jesus. I know what would save you before you put this little book down. It is faith.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Just now believe that Jesus died for you, take your place as a sinner, Jesus saves sinners. His blood was shed for sinners; He is filling heaven with saved sinners. He calls you to repentance now. He offers you eternal life. This moment come to Jesus.