This man has been running and doing his best to be in time for the train. But the train would not wait. It is a common saying that time and tide wait for no man. So the train leaves on scheduled time. How anxious he looks! The station master is sorry for him but that does not help matters. The train is gone and the man is left behind, despite all his efforts.
I once heard of a servant of the Lord who was hindered by an unforeseen occurrence from travelling on a certain train. This train that left him behind was wrecked, and many souls ushered into eternity.
Thus the Father showed His watchful care over His child. Death would but have taken him into the presence of his loving Saviour. It would have brought sorrow to his family and anxious thoughts among his friends. The Lord had more work for His servant to do, so in love and mercy preserved him.
Now let us return to our picture. It is very sad to be too late. Were you ever too late for anything, my little reader? I trust you will not be left behind when the Lord comes. If such should be the case, there would be no one to blame but yourself. The Gospel message is sounding out and, “Yet there is room.” If you do not accept the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, you will have to say throughout an eternity of endless woe, “It might have been, had I but believed that the blood shed on Calvary’s cross was for me.” Jesus died that you might live. Do not delay, but come!
Let none of our readers realize the last two lines of that hymn:
“Too late, too late will be the cry,
Jesus of Nazareth has passed by.”
ML 06/20/1909