I Want to Wait a Little Longer

It is amazing how the devil blinds men and women into thinking that there is plenty of time to repent and accept Christ. One night there came into our after meeting in Chicago a man far above the average in intelligence. In fact, he occupied a high judicial position in an adjoining state. When I began to speak to him, he said, “I have lost my wife this past summer, and I have been very lonely and I have been thinking that I ought to accept Christ. I am getting to be an old man. I am sev’ enty-six years old. Your sermon touched me deeply to-night and I decided that I would rise and that I would speak to you afterwards.” “I am very glad you did,” I said. “Will you accept Christ now?” The old judge hesitated a little while, then he said, “No, I don’t think I am quite ready to do it yet. I would like to wait a while longer.” It took an amazing amount of persuasion to convince that man that seventy-six years was long enough to wait. He seemed to think that though he was seventy-six years old, there was still plenty of time to accept Christ.