Ere "The Harvest Be Past."
By Luella L. Harmon
Soon probation will be past, and Christ will come to claim His own. Sad indeed it will be for you, brother, if you have chosen to be lost after all the tender love and mercy He has bestowed upon you. In the awful time coming you can do nothing to gain everlasting life which you have sold for sin. It will be too late then. Now is the time; there will be no other. Hasten to win eternal life at whatever cost. After probation, there will be no Saviour's loving call, nor will He ever, ever again offer heaven to thee. There will be no precious souls to save, no missionaries in all the land or on the sea. Mercy for sinners then has ceased, the end is very near. Gifts for God will not be accepted, because not needed; offers will be but vain. Having kept all God has loaned you, refusing to hear His call, it is then too late; you will never be asked to help again. Pleading for pardon will then be too late. No heavenly ears will hear the sinner's wholly selfish prayer. The Holy Spirit will cease its pleading. There will be no real repentance of heart. Long and patiently has the Saviour waited to hear the cry for help, the response to His call. Now the harvest is past. Faithful laborers have worked hard; fruits are gathered; the grain is all bound; there is no work for you in the Master's vineyard; no place for you among the sheaves. Then there will be no preaching of God's precious word from sea to sea; no voice beseeching you to do the Master's will. Amos 8:11, 12. He that is unjust then must so continue. He that is filthy must be filthy still. But he who is righteous will ever be righteous. He who is holy, praise God, will ever so remain. Character is fixed by trial and choice forever. Rev. 22:11, 12. Soon will they go to heavenly mansions with Jesus. Others, alas! have chosen the path to perdition. O, brother, pray now while the Saviour waits. Work the short time that He gives you. Speak now to the hungry soul loving words that cheer, and lift, and guide. Seek now the task God has for you to do. Open wide the closed doors of the selfish heart and give, while for gold and silver God has need.