Never shall I forget the night that God saved me. There had been a great work, many had been saved, old and young, there was to be a “Testimony Meeting,” and a number of us went to get some fun.
We knew some young men would be telling how they were saved. The evangelist told how he was saved. Others followed with short addresses. Two young men introduced as “recently converted” sang a hymn,
Let sinners saved give thanks and sing,
Of Jesus sing, through all their days,
In heaven above their harps they’ll string
And there forever sing His praise.
I felt that was not true of me. I could not sing that. As for one after another told how God saved him, I felt very miserable and wished I knew Jesus. There was prayer for the unconverted: I felt that was for me. At the close many waited, and I kept my seat. A farmer spoke to me and told me the way to be saved through the Lord Jesus alone, and His death on the cross for sinners. I never thought it was so simple, only to give yourself over to Jesus to believe He died, the just for the unjust.
ML 09/22/1946