WHY NOT BELIEVE NOW?

Hoa Maori, Issue 20, 1 April 1891, Page 6

WHY NOT BELIEVE NOW?

(to the children.)

fpIHE other day I was walking in one of _S the streets of L., carrying a jacket over my arm. Before I left home I had put a small package of sweet biscuits in one of the pockets, and as I was going along this package slipped out and fell by the side of the pavement. I did not find this out till I had walked on several steps. When I turned round and saw the biscuits, I did not wish to go back ; so I looked at two boys who were standing in the road, and beckoned them to me. "If you run back a little way," I said, "you will find a package of biscuits by the side of the pavement. Be quick or it will be too late ; if you find them you may have them." They both looked surprised for a minute, and then one of them ran off as hard as he could go. The other shouted out after him, "Dont be so stupid, Bill; she is only deceiving us. Still Bill kept on, and at last caught sight of the prize, and in another miuute snatched up the biscuits and ran off. As soon as the other boy saw there really was something to get, he ran too, hut it was too late. I watched the boys afew minutes, for the one who did not believe my word was trying to get the biscuits from the other, but he was not strong enough. This shows how important it is to believe the word of a person who is to he trusted.

Now God is to be trusted, and His Word tells you to go to Jesus at once. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3. 16.) Do not stop away a moment longer, but go and thank Him for what He has done, and you will get the wonderful gift of salvation - Go with your mind and heart to Jesus, thank God for sending Jesus to die on the cross of Calvary for poor sinners. You see, if you stop away from Him for a few minutes, you may be too late; death may come and take you away or Jesus may come and take His people away, and then you would be left behind.

We ofttimes believe the plain, matter-of-fact statement of one who is even au entire stranger to us; and we unhesitatingly believe the words of those whom we know to be reliable. How much more should we trust the word of God-the Living God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, who giveth to all life and breath and all things.” Acts 17. 25. “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater” 1. Jno 5. 9.

Those who believe God's word, that ''The wages of sin is death, but the GIFT OF GOD is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Romans 6. 23. Shall have the joy and delight of knowing Him as their own precious Saviour. They shall know Him as the' 'Bread of life" here on earth, and as their "exceeding great reward" throughout the everlasting ages of eternity.