Are You Watching.
A young lady whose parents had died while she was an infant had been kindly cared for by a dear friend of the family. Before she was old enough to know him, his business took him to Europe. Regularly he wrote to her through all the years of his absence, and never failed to send her money for all her wants. Finally a word came that during a certain week he would return and visit her. He did not fix the day nor hour. She received several invitations to take pleasure trips with her friends during that week. One of those was of so pleasant a nature that she could not resist accepting it. During her trip he came, inquired as to her absence, and left. Returning, she found this note:
“My life has been a struggle for you, might you not have waited one week for me?” More she never heard, and her life of plenty became a life of want.
Jesus has not fixed the day or hour of His return, but He has said, “Watch!” and should He come today would He find us absorbed in thoughtless dissipation?--British Evangelist.
Illustrative Anecdotes for
Preachers, Sunday School Teachers, and the Family Circle. Henry
M. Tyndall. 1925. #218 (Page 112).
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