The Letter in the Night
Author Unknown
               One day a woman named Louise fell asleep in
               her bed, and dreamed a very fitfull dream. She
               dreamed that someone in Hell wrote a letter to
               her, and it was to be delivered to her by a
               messenger. The messenger passed between the
               lakes of burning fire and brimstone that
               occupies Hell and found his way to the door
               that would lead him to the outside world.
               Louise dreamed that the messenger walked to
               her house, came inside, and gently but
               firmly woke Louise up. He gave her the
               message, saying only that a friend had wrote
               it to her from Hell. Louise, in her dream, with
                trembling took the letter and read:

My Friend,
I stand in judgement now,
And feel that you're to blame somehow.

On earth, I walked with you day by day,
And never did you point the way.
You knew the Lord in truth and glory,
But never did you tell the story.

My knowledge then was very dim;
You could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together on the earth,
You never told me of the second birth.

And now I stand this day condemed,
Because you failed to mention Him.
You taught me many things that's true,
I called you "friend" and trusted you.

But I learn, now that it's too late,
You could have kept me from this fate.
We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the light.

You let me live, and love, and die,
You knew I'd never live on high.
Yes, I called you "frend" in life,
And trusted you through joy and strife.

And yet on comming to the end,
I cannot, now, call you my "friend".

Marsha

               After reading the letter, Louise awoke. The
               dream was still so real in her mind and
               sweat dropped from her body i pools. She
               swore she could still smell the acrid smell
               of brimstone and smoke from her room. As she
               contemplated the meaning of her dream, she
               realized that as a Christian she has
               failed in her duty to "go out to all the
               world and preach the Gospel." As she thought
               of that, she promised herself that the next
               day she would call Marsha and invite her
               to church with her

               The next morning she called Marsha and this
                was the conversation:

               Yes, Bill, is Marsha there?
               Loise, you don't know?
               No Bill. Know what?
               Marsha was killed last night in a car
               accident. I thoght you had known.

               Fellow Christians, is this your testimony?
               Are you witnessing to your friends that you
               are with everyday? Or will there be a friend
               of yours in Hell asking youwhy you did
               not tell them about JESUS?
               As your friend; If you don't know Jesus,
               here's how:

               If you confess with your mouth and believe
               in your heart that Jesus died on the cross
               for your sns and God raised Him from the
               dead, you will be saved.
               Romans 10:9-10

               If you have't done so just pray this prayer:

               "Dear God, I confess with my mouth and
               believe in my heart the Jesus is your son
               and that He died on the cross for my sins.
               Jesus, forgive me of my sins and come into
               my heart and become my personl Lord and
               Savior. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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