THE mourning coaches were returning from the cemetery when a lady suddenly stepped out from the group of bystanders, and motioning to the driver to stop, approached one of the coaches and began to talk to the occupants.
Her action, not one of every-day occurrence, had a reason for it. That lady had the true welfare of the mourners at heart, and seized the opportunity of speaking a few faithful words to them as to their readiness for eternity. Reminding them that the one, whose body they had just left in the grave, had during her lifetime trusted in the Savior and been washed from her sins by His precious blood, she pressed home the question: Had they done the same? Were they ready to be called away?
Were they? We cannot tell; we did not hear their reply. But the question that concerns us now is, Ave you? Are you washed from your sins of crimson dye? Are you saved from the danger to which those sins have exposed you? Are you right with God?
Not only has death to be reckoned with, but another fact stares you in the face, namely, that the Lord Jesus Christ is coining again, according to the Scriptures. Never was His coming so near as at this moment.
If He came to-night, there would be no salvation for you to-morrow. It is offered you now in Christ's name. How will you treat His message? Will you accept it or refuse it? Accept it now and you are saved Refuse it: you may be lost! "To-day if ye will hear His voice harden not your heart," through unbelief and indifference, for God wants you to be saved, hence he points you to the Lord Jesus Christ and to His finished work, and says, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."
R. B.