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The Family in the Ark
A FAMILY SAVED!
THROUGH FAITH.
CHRIST "COME THOU INTO THE ARK."
NOW -
We have here a picture of the ark. How long was Noah occupied in building it? One hundred and twenty years. How large was it? "If you should put it into one story and one floor, it would have been about sixteen feet high, two hundred and forty feet wide, and one thousand five hundred feet long."- Moody. God told Noah how large it must be. Gen. vi. 15. When God said to Noah, "Come thou and all thy house into the ark," the whole family marched in, and were safe while the deluge swept over the earth. That family consisted of eight persons-Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives.
You see the word Christ written upon the ark in the picture. That shows that Jesus is the soul's ark. In him we find safety, happiness, and life eternal. God wanted the whole family of Noah saved. So to-day Jesus wants to get our families into the ark of salvation. How blessed it is for a whole family to be saved. How sad Noah would have felt, had any of his household been left out of the ark. It is a great joy to have some of the family in the ark, but we want them all saved, Some of BLACKBOARD ILLUSTRATIONS, &c. 267 you have parents in the ark, and they want you to join them. Some one has said, "Noah went in first and his children followed him." Follow your friends into the ark.
How possible it is for a whole family to be saved. There was room in the ark for Noah's family, and there is room in the loving heart of Jesus for us all. He takes the children of the family to His heart, and tells us that "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Matt. xix. 14.
He also waits to welcome the older members of the home-circle. All may come. "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. xxii. 17.
As the ark carried Noah to a happy destination, so will Christ, the spiritual ark, convey us home to heaven at last. Some are there now. They await us. A dying child, after exhorting her friends to meet her in heaven, said, "I'll be watching for you." Be anxious to get into the ark, every one of you. A little girl stood on the deck of a sinking vessel, and, when the life-boat came near, she sprang into the sea, crying, "Save me next! save me next." Hasten to the ark. Cry out, save me-save me now.