These were the words uttered by one of five women on the wrecked "S. S. Berlin," when they saw a lifeboat returning to land. It was leaving these poor, helpless creatures to face what they thought was certain death.
Perhaps the reader is not aware that an event is fast drawing near that will cause multitudes of people to use similar language. We refer to THE COMING OF THE LORD for all His people redeemed through the precious blood of Christ (Eph. 1:77In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Ephesians 1:7)).
The effect of His coming on the world will be indescribable. Human language will fail to express in its terrible reality the fact that the last call has been given and neglected or rejected. Those who are left behind will include all classes—religious persons, and fools who say in their heart that "there is no God"; the moral and the immoral; the drunkard and the temperate. Money, position in life, science, education, nothing under the sun will avail, for the universal cry will surely be:
WE ARE LEFT! WE MUST DIE!
And you who read these lines, where will you be? Among the raptured hosts in glory singing praises to the Lamb of God who bore your sins away? Or will you be with those who cry: "We are left! We are left! We must die!" Left in your sins. Left for the grave. Left for judgment at the great white throne, where there will be no mercy. Left for an eternity with the devil and his angels, and in the very company you now try to avoid—in hell (not the annihilation of soul and body, as some would have it), but to live on forever and ever without the world and all its pleasures.
We beseech you to settle this all-important question: the destiny of your immortal soul. A decision is necessary, for the Lord will soon come in the "twinkling of an eye.”
The sands of grace in the glass of time have nearly run out, for the "coming of the Lord draweth nigh!" There is not a single line of Scripture that would defer His coming, but many declare He is very near—
"Behold, I come quickly.”
Sinner, your only hope is Christ. Come to Jesus now, for "now is the day of salvation." Soon "the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power." 2 Thess. 1:7-97And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; (2 Thessalonians 1:7‑9).
God grant that you may not be one of these!