I REMEMBER when in B— a young man was taken very sick. He had previously been urged on many occasions to accept Jesus as his Saviour, but his answer had ever been. “Time enough yet.”
My dear friends, you cannot possibly magnify the danger of delay. You cannot believe it to be half so great as it is. That fearful putting off, Satan was constantly whispering in his ear,
“Time enough yet.”
This reached its fearful crisis at last. He was very ill, writhing in pain and fever, but the fever of his soul caused him more anguish than all his bodily ailments. A friend leaning over his bed, said to him,
“If ever you needed a Saviour, it is now. He is willing to save you, even now.”
“O,” he replied, “I have put off seeking Jesus too long.”
His friend begged him to look to the Crucified One, who suffered that a poor sinner like him might be saved, but he replied amidst sobs,
“Too late, too late; there is no rest for me. I am going someplace, I know not where,” when his head fell back upon his pillow, and he was gone.
May this very solemn incident awaken your soul to its awful reality. May the Holy Spirit bring God’s Word home to your heart and conscience. You may be young, but remember, God is speaking loudly, in these closing days to YOU. God has a record of all your sins. Come to Jesus NOW, and His precious blood will wash them all away, for eternity.
ML 11/15/1925