A GIRL, seven years old, was being taught that beautiful hymn—
If I come to Jesus,
He will make me glad, etc.
Presently she came to the verse—
If I come to Jesus,
He will hear my prayer;
He will love me dearly,
He my sins did bear.
But the lady who was teaching her made a mistake in the last line. Instead of saying, “He my sins did bear,” she told her, “He my sins will bear.”
“O, no,” said the little one, “it cannot be will bear, when He has done it. Jesus did bear my sins, did He not, dear auntie? It cannot be ‘will bear.’”
Dear reader, this little child was right; and her answer reminds me of our Lord’s words, “Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them unto babes.” That child did not reason as so many anxious souls do, “I don’t feel that Jesus bore my sins, so I fear it can’t be so.” No; she just took God at His word; she believed Jesus bore her sins, because it is written, “Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:4, 54Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:4‑5).)
ML 04/22/1917