Dear Christian, are you searching for a little property
Earthly treasures, perhaps a little more money
Yet neglecting lost souls?
Then beware lest you ruin your own soul with such worldly goals
Do you say "I thought you knew it all?
We lived together; I thought you knew about Jesus and God’s salvation call"
Well I have bad news for you; I didn't, I must confess
I didn't suppose you believed the Jesus you professed or I'll say tried to profess
You didn't even act as if you yourself believed in Him, not even a little
Are you going to Heaven?
Congratulations then brethren
Well I'm going down to Hell and you can't help me now that I'm dead
You'll sometimes think of me and all the good times we shared
As you see the dark smoke of my burning body
Rising athwart the glorious Heavens and all its beauty
After I've been there a very long time in torment and weeping,
You'll sometimes think that I,
Who once lived and walked by your side, am there suffering
Oh! Remember that you cannot pray for me there or ask why
But you will remember that once you might have warned me
And might have saved me with just one salvation plea
But you didn't!
(A poem based on a statement by Charles Finney)