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Death Bed
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (March 9th 1749 — April 2nd 1791) was a leader of the early stages of the French revolution. He was probably the greatest political mind and orator of the time.
Here is how an eyewitness described his deathbed scene:
“He urged ‘Crown me with flowers, intoxicate me with perfume, let me die with the sound of delicious music.’ When death came nearer he said, ‘My sufferings are intolerable: I have in me a hundred years of life, but not a moment’s courage.’ He then demanded and received a draught of opium under which influence he died.”
We may have wealth, fame, and great natural abilities in this life, but when it comes to facing eternity all those things mean nothing if we do not know Christ as our Saviour, and enjoy the assurance of sins forgiven. The Apostle Paul, as a young man, had everything going for him in this world, but when he got saved he said, “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” (Philippians 3:7). Whatever we have in this life apart from Christ, will do us no good when we leave this world for the next life. To know Christ as Saviour is everything!
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