Here is a picture of a street in China and we will tell you a true story about a Chinese lady who lived on a street like this. She was a young widow, very intelligent and attractive. One day a missionary family came to live in her neighborhood, and they were the first ones to preach the gospel in that far interior town of China. The Chinese lady became quite friendly with the missionary’s wife who told her over and over again about the only way of salvation and eternal happiness through the Lord Jesus Christ. The young woman was touched, but she did riot want to break with her sinful life. One day, when she heard about the Lord’s coming, she exclaimed: “When He comes and I see Him, then I will believe in Him and follow Him.” The missionary had to tell her with a sad heart, that it would then be too late.
Be in time, be in time,
While the voice of Jesus calls you,
Be in time.
If in sin you longer wait,
You will find no open gate,
And your cry be—
“Just too late!”
Be in time.
How many there are today, who are just like this Chinese lady. They intend to be saved some day, but they want to live in their sins as long as they can. What an awful awakening it will be for them when the Lord comes, and they find themselves on the outside of the door. They will have to admit their own folly like those of old who said:
ML 11/26/1950