Rosa's Quest: Or, The Way to the Beautiful Land — John Shaqi
Rosa's Quest: Or, The Way to the Beautiful LandWright, Anna Potter
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Rosa's Quest: Or, The Way to the Beautiful Land
Wright, Anna Potter
Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
For some time we talked, her hungry soul eagerly drinking in the old,
old story, but to her so new.
Suddenly she left the car, and with a sense of deep depression, I saw
her disappear amid a great, seething mass of humanity.
If she has not succumbed to the hardships of poverty, she probably is
still toiling on in that proud "Christian" city, and has any one taught
her more of Jesus than she knew that day?
Who will be responsible for these lost souls, constantly coming into
contact with those who profess to know the Lord?
Why is it that so many Christians view life from an inverted standpoint,
attaching apparently vastly more importance to the few brief years spent
upon this earth, than to the countless cycles of eternity? Why not view
it normally, making our one business that of serving that blessed
Christ?
Surely the saddest word in a Christian's vocabulary is indifference.
By-and-by many a one would doubtless gladly forfeit ten thousand years
of heavenly bliss just to recall the wasted opportunities of this day.
It is an incomparable privilege to be a child of the King, and the only
way in which one may prove his appreciation and loyalty is by the degree
of consecration and quality of service rendered.
At the day of Christ's appearing there will be many an unrewarded
Christian, saved eternally by the precious blood of God's sacrificial
Lamb, but with no glittering starry crown to cast at those once-pierced
and bleeding feet!
If the reading of this little story draws any nearer to the Lord,
influencing them to become more diligent in their search for the lost,
it shall accomplish that whereunto it is prayerfully sent.
MAN'S QUESTIONS; GOD'S ANSWERS
Am I accountable to God?
"Every one of us shall give account of himself to God" (Romans
14:12).
Has God seen all my ways?
"All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom
we have to do" (Hebrews 4:13).
Does He charge me with sin?
"The Scripture hath concluded all under sin" (Galatians 3:22).
"All have sinned" (Romans 3:23).
Will He punish sin?
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:4).
"For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
Must I perish?
"God is not willing that any perish, but that all should come
to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).
How can I escape?
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved"
(Acts 16:31).
Is He _able_ to save me?
"He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto
God by Him" (Hebrews 7:25).
Is He willing?
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy
1:15).
Am I saved on believing?
"He that believeth on the Son _hath_ everlasting life" (John
3:36).
Can I be saved now?
"_Now_ is the accepted time; behold, _now_ is the day of
salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).
As I am?
"Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37).
Shall I not fall away?
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