COME, FOR IT WILL SOON BE TOO LATE.

 
AUGUST 27

COME, FOR IT WILL SOON BE TOO LATE.
 
"Son, go, work today in my vineyard.
He answered and said: I will not:

but afterwards, repented, and went" 

                               Matthew 21:28-29
 
Many are in Hell while you read these lines, and

 many who were once invited to come to Jesus,

 but they would not. 

Whatever they may wish,

  it is too late for them now. 

The door of mercy is closed; 

  they are shut out, and 

  shut out forever. 

They now cry,

  "The harvest is past, 

      the summer is ended,

            and we are not saved!"
 
Soon, it may be very soon, 

  the door of hope will close on you.

Sickness may arrest you,

 and death will seize upon you!

You have the present moment,

  you are not sure of the next.

You may lose your reason.

Some accident may deprive 

  you of your senses.

The last knock will soon be given

   at the door of your heart.
The last warning will soon 

   be sounded in your ears.
The last invitation will soon 

   be presented to your eye.
 
God may soon say, "Let him alone." 

Justice may soon call,

  "Cut it down, why cumberth it the ground." 

Even Jesus may add, "They would none of me,

  so I gave them up"
 
O fearful case!
O desperate condition!
Too late!
Convinced of guilt, too late!
Alarmed at danger, too late!
Crying out for mercy, too late!
Regretting your procrastination, too late!
Ah, it will soon be too late!
 
Come, O come to Jesus now. 

  You have space to repent. 

  You have the opportunity of embracing 

   the Savior's loving invitation. 

Tomorrow may be too late!
 
What would some, 

  who once trifled as you do now, 

  give to be in your circumstances 

But . . .
the die is cast,
the gulf is fixed,
the sentence is passed
   and there is no hope!
 
What if you should go to Hell with 

  the invitation of Jesus in your hand! 

What if you should perish forever 

  because you will not come to Jesus 

  that you might have life! 

To prevent the possibility of this, 

  come to Jesus at once. 

This moment come,

  the next may be too late!
 
"Later the other virgins also came, saying: 

  Lord, lord, open up for us.
But he answered: Truly I say to you, 

  I do not know you!"      Matthew 25:11-12

 
James Smith 1855