Signs
of the Times
[The
Christian Advocate]
The
firm confidence of the Christian is well illustrated by a
conversation that occurred a short time ago between a young
man whose father had just died and an acquaintance who was
endeavoring to comfort his sorrowing heart. "Yes" said the
young man, "father has gone; and, of course, I feel very
much grieved about it. But I am a Christian; and he was,
too. And I am going to see him again, you know. He has gone
a little ahead of the rest of us, that's all. You see it's
just like this. Father and I have worked together in this
office for many years. We knew each other very well.
Sometimes he would say to me in the morning, 'Son, I'm going
to take the 9:30 train for New York this morning. I have
some things to attend to there, as you know. You stay here
and finish up these matters we have been talking about, and
then you take the 11:15 train and meet me in New York and we
will go to luncheon together.' And that's what we did, many
times. And now, it is just like that. Father has taken an
earlier train for the Eternal City. I am here finishing up
some things that he wants me to attend to. ... I will take a
later train and go to the Eternal City, too, and meet him
there. And we will have a happy meeting, for I loved my
father, and he loved me, and he is waiting for me. And then,
he and I will sit down together at the great supper of the
Lamb."
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