“THOUGH 3500 miles of sea and land intervene, it is grand to think that we are members of the same family, with common hopes and aspirations; and that throughout eternity we shall see Him whom our souls love. Hallelujah!”
So writes a dear brother who is spreading a savor of the name of Jesus on the other side of the ocean. And well may he say "Hallelujah!" What signifies a few thousand miles of sea and land, when yet a "little while" and we shall be forever with the Lord? "Members of the same family." Ah! there's the link; for that family is the family of God.
Is it not grand to be in that family?—for, O, there is going to be a great family gathering one of these days; and there will not be a single one missing—not so much as one. From Greenland's icy mountains they come, and from India's coral strand—from the back courts and alleys of the great city—from the cottages by the mountain side—from the lonely domain of the desert—from sunny plains, and frozen wastes, and isles of the ocean, they come. They gather in to the marriage supper of the Lamb—to see His face—to be forever with Him whom their souls love. Hallelujah! But who are going to be there, and what are their qualifications? They are members of the same family. They got into it by being born again. Ah, that is it—not an earthly birth, but a heavenly one—born again by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.
Are you born again? Have you undergone the great change of conversion to God? If not, think how much you are missing; for none but those who are born again will be there—there at the marriage supper of the Lamb—there in the presence of the Lord. But if not there, where will you be? Ah, how sad—how terrible! Let God answer: "These shall go away into everlasting punishment" (Matt. 25:4646And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matthew 25:46)); "everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:4141Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matthew 25:41)). Not prepared "for you." Observe that. It is everlasting fire "prepared for the devil and his angels." But such need not be; you need not perish. Nay, God beseeches you, by us, to be reconciled to Him. God has loved you and planned for your eternal happiness. Sin has been atoned for. Nothing stands in the way but your deliberate rejection of God's Son.
W. S.