A minister of Jesus was struck with the surpassing sweetness of the voice of a young lady who sat near him. Being afterward introduced to her, he inquired, with much anxiety, whether she loved the Saviour, and belonged to Him. She replied, without evincing much interest in the subject,
“I am not a Christian, and so I suppose that I do not love the Saviour.”
“Then, my dear young friend,” said the minister, “what will you do with that voice in eternity? Shall it be spent in uttering the wailings of the lost, forever and ever?”
He said no more, but turned with a saddened heart, and left her to her own reflections.
That solemn question followed her everywhere—it rang in her ears by day and mingled with her dreams in still hours of the night. Nor did it ever leave her till she found peace in believing in Jesus—till she was prepared joyfully to sing the song of redeeming love with the people of God on earth, and now she waits to join the song that shall ascribe all honor and glory and blessing unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever.
“They sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy ... for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood” (Rev. 5:99And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (Revelation 5:9)).