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by A. B.
Simpson
Dr. Gordon used to tell of two sisters who lay
down to sleep one night in the same bed; the one, a Christian;
the other, a scoffer. The Christian girl had just come from a
religious service in which the preacher had quoted that
phrase, "One shall be taken, and the other left," and had
solemnly warned his hearers of the coming of the
Lord.
Her heart was so filled
with concern for her sister that she could not sleep. When she
told her of the sermon and her feelings and earnestly begged
her to think of her soul's salvation, she was only met with
jests and rebuffs, and soon the thoughtless girl was fast
asleep. The other could only weep and pray in agony until at
last she was so distressed that she rose from her bed and,
stealing into an adjoining room, she fell upon her face and
poured out her heart in sobs and prayers for the salvation of
her sister.
After a while the
sleeper awoke and, missing her sister from her side, suddenly
remembered the conversation of the earlier part of the night.
Suddenly it flashed upon her: What if the Lord had come,
and she was left? Then she broke down with alarm
and sought her sister in the darkness of the room. At last she
heard her sobbing in the adjoining room. Throwing herself on
her knees by her side, she besought her prayers. She found the
Saviour and, a little later, clasped in each other's arms,
they rejoiced in the thought that if He should come, they
would be together.
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