When Jesus saw him, He said unto him, "Follow Me!"
Did Matthew hesitate? Did he look at the precious bag of money by his side?
No! He left all, rose up, and followed Jesus! Matthew heard the call—and he obeyed.
And this is the decision that Jesus, our Lord, wants each one of us to make, young and old.
If we listen to His voice, if we will heed the pleading love in His eyes, an instant firmness will come to us, and, like Matthew, we shall "rise up, and follow him."
[XVI. Calvary]
Luke xxiii. 33.
"Where the dear Lord was Crucified,
Who died to save us all."
A while ago, someone sent to me a most beautiful photograph of the Hill of Calvary, which is just outside Jerusalem on the northern side.
The photograph was so carefully done that you could plainly see why that little hill was called "The place of a skull," for when the sun shone in a certain direction the rocks had the appearance of a man's skull; and that was why it was called Calvary, which is the Latin for skull. And here they crucified the Lord of glory.