There is one case of death-bed repentance recorded—the penitent thief—that no one should despair; and only one, that no one should presume.
REPUTATION.
The two most precious things this side the grave are our reputation and our life.
It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself!
"Thou shalt not get found out" is not one of God's commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
RESIGNATION.
Thy way, not mine, O Lord,
However dark it be!
Lead me by Thine own hand;
Choose out the path for me.
What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
Depend upon it, in the midst of all the science about the world and its way and all the ignorance of God and His greatness, the man or woman who can say, "Thy will be done," with the true heart of giving up, is nearer the secret of things than the geologist and theologian.
