Suppose that the apostle Paul had been converted at seventy instead of twenty-five. There would have been no Paul in history. There was a Matthew Henry because he was converted at eleven and not at seventy; an Isaac Watts because he was converted at nine and not at ninety; a Jonathen Edwards because he was converted at eight and not at eighty; a Richard Baxter because he was converted at six and not at sixty. How much a soul is worth that has a lifetime before it! Lambs are of more worth than sheep in the realm of souls as well as in the market place.

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them" (Ecclesiastes 12:1).