The Spirit of the Lord took hold of my heart in my father’s house in Germany. He made me feel so bad I could not eat my food or take my rest.
My father said to me, “Why are you not happy? You mope around as miserable as can be. You have plenty of money: Why are you not happy?”
I replied, “Father, I find no place for my soul. The money won’t buy a place for my soul. I will lie down and die one day, and then what good will the money be to me? And where will my soul go?”
Then one day I read in a paper about one Dr. Frank, a Jewish rabbi in Canada, who had found the Messiah. I said to myself, I will go to Canada to find that rabbi that found the Messiah.
When I came to Canada, I asked the first thing: “Where is Dr. Frank?” They told me that he lives in the city of Hamilton. I went to the city of Hamilton, but he was not at home. I did not find him for two weeks. Then one man showed him to me at a public meeting, and I looked at him until the meeting was over. Then I said to him, “Are you Dr. Frank?”
“Yes.”
“You are a Jewish rabbi? You have found the Messiah?”
“Yes.”
“Will you give me two lessons, and I will pay you?”
Dr. Frank said, “Come to my house, and I will give you many lessons and will not charge anything.”
Then I said, “Oh, no, Dr. Frank.” He talked to me and he talked to me, but I did not find the Messiah.
At last Dr. Frank said, “You are a Hebrew scholar? Then take your Hebrew Bible and read what the ancient prophets say about the Messiah. Write down the exact description that they give of Him, specially the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah. Then take a Greek Testament and search and you will find that everything the old prophets say about Messiah was fulfilled exactly in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. When your judgment is convinced, get down on your knees and pray to God in the name of Jesus, and you will find the Messiah. He will save you from all your sins.”
I followed the instruction that Dr. Frank gave me, and my judgment was convinced, and I bowed my knees and cried, “O God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, God of my fathers, I pray to Thee in the name of Thy dear, suffering Son, Jesus Christ. I am convinced from the holy books of the Old and New Testaments that He is the Messiah and that He came into the world to save sinners. I believe all Thou hast said about Jesus, and I take Him as my Saviour.”
I gave my soul to Jesus; I believed in Jesus, and just as quick as lightning I found Messiah! He saved me from my sins. He filled my soul with joy. My soul has found a home in Jesus. For three years I’ve known Him more and more, and I love Him with all my heart.