p. 15 | Don't Delay by P. C. RODMAN

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 6, 1869

Don't Delay.

By P. C. RODMAN

TO DELAY to do anything of importance is unwise, but to delay matters that concern our eternal interests is not only unwise but exceedingly presumptuous. How uncertain is life. To-day we are in health, with fair prospects of living many years; to-morrow we may be cold in death, and prepared for the tomb. Then our work will be done and our doom fixed.

Then what needs to be done to secure eternal life at the resurrection of the just, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest. Eccl. ix, 10.

The Bible never encourages delay in obeying God, but on the contrary, urges the importance of attending to the things of salvation first, and at once. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matt. vi, 23.

Do you fear to trust God and obey his word? It cannot be broken. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the word of the Lord shall not pass away. Then do not delay. “Behold now is the accepted time.” Again, “To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.” The delay of the Israelites proved their ruin. Shall it prove the ruin of any that read these lines?

Dear reader, delay not another day, lest it be too late.

P. C. RODMAN.

Blakeville, N. H.