far distant there grew a pumpkin vine w ith its large swelling fruit. As he looked upward into the oak and saw its tiny fruit, the acorn, he said to himself, “Why if I’d been the Creator, 1 would have hung the pumpkin upon the tall oak being a tree much more suitable to bear fruit of so large a size.” No sooner had he given ve&t to his thoughts than an acorn fell from one of the loftiest boughs of the tree and hit him on the face as he gazed upward. He couldn’t help but think, had it been a pumpkin it would not only have been unwise but also unmerci fu l of the Creator. The ways of the Lord are indeed right and the Chris tian acknowledging his belief in the Creator seeks to know more of the Lord and His ways that he may better obey Him. Thais what the Bible means when we read, “Teach me O Lord the way of Thy statutes, and I shall keep them unto the end.” "Many people plan to accept Christ at the 11th hour; however, they die at 10:30!" A Bright', But Not Right, Choice When life possesses us w ith its fullness, we seldom stop to realize that death is actually just one heart beat away. Perhaps too many people are like the little girl who in Sun day school heard the Gospel account of the rich man and Lazarus. Laza rus was the poor beggar, who through life had very little, but when he died he went to be with the Lord in the bosom of Abraham or “paradise.” But when the rich man died, a man who had all the world could ever offer (yet his name is not even recorded), he went to the abode of the wicked dead. The teacher completed the les son and then asked her pupils, “Which would you rather be, Laza rus or the rich man?” This one little girl scratched her head a moment, then replied brightly, “Oh that’s easy, I’d like to be the rich man-in this life, but Lazarus in the next.” Amusing perhaps, and yet, these
sentiments are true of some people who are even professing Christians. After death there is no second chance, our destiny is settled here during life, where by our oum deci sion we choose either eternal death, separation from the Lord, or blessed eternal life as the Scriptures prom ise, “If children then heirs of God and, joint heirs with Jesus Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him that we may be also glorified to gether.” * It * "Some who think they're pilgrims on the road to heaven, are really merely tourists." * * * The Frustrations of Life “Perplexity” seems to be the watchword in the events of inter national affairs for no one knows in which direction to go. Naturally frustration results. It is much like the man who drove into a filling station and said, “Give me enough gasoline to get to Springfield.” The attendant scratched his head for a moment and then responded, “Well, which Springfield do you mean, Ohio? Illinois? Missouri? or Ore gon?” The perplexed driver pon dered a moment and then answered, “I don’t know■ whichever one is closest.” Typical of the confusion which is so evident in the world. It’s like the mother who was doing early Christmas shopping. Examin ing a toy she asked the clerk, “Isn’t this rather complicated for a young child?” The clerk quickly respond ed, “Oh, no, it’s an educational toy Madam, designed to adjust a child to live amid life’s crises. You see, any way he puts it together, it comes out all wrong.” Almost too tragic to be funny. The Lord Jesus has said, “I am the way, the truth and the life; no man corneth unto the Father but by me.” The Saviour has said, “He that heareth my Word and believeth on Him that sent me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life.” 17
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