Time can be measured; Eternity cannot. Time comes to an end; Eternity is unending and eternal. Time is but a moment, and like a drop in the ocean compared with Eternity.
"Time is short," saith the Spirit of God; our life is "a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away"; "our days upon earth are a shadow"; and "all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever.”
Beloved reader, think over these solemn facts. They are well worth giving heed to, for today you are in TIME; tomorrow you may be in ETERNITY. And does not the inquiry spontaneously rise in the mind, "Where shall I spend Eternity?”
If time is so short, your life a vapor, your days a shadow, and all flesh as grass, it is of the utmost importance that you should know where you are going. You are going on to a grand terminus—Eternity. But there are two parts in that Eternity—a deep impassable gulf divides the two, and no means of access from one to the other exists. Heaven is on one side, and hell on the other. "Where are you going?”
Two roads lead to this grand terminus. One is called the "broad road," with its "wide gate"; the other the "narrow way," with its "strait gate." Many go in at the wide gate, and multitudes throng the broad road; while, says the Son of God, speaking of the "strait gate," "few there be that find it.”
One road goes down, down, down to destruction; the ether, up to life and glory. Eternity is the terminus; it receives ALL.
Unsaved reader, "Where are you going?" I will answer, "Out of Time into Eternity!" I beg of you while you are yet in what is called TIME, prepare for ETERNITY.