ANNIE W. came to Jesus. and found Him both a Saviour and a Friend. By reason of her attention, and the pleasure she took in saying her text every Sunday for some time. I had thought that little Annie had something the other girls in her Sunday-school class had not. So one afternoon I wrote her a little note, asking her whether she could say that Jesus was her Saviour.
The next Sunday afternoon, Annie brought me a note as follows:
“Dear Teacher:
In reply to your note, the Lord Jesus is to me a Saviour and a Friend; He died on the cross to save me from my sins and has washed me whiter than snow.
‘Whiter than snow’
‘Christ died for the ungodly’
‘The wages of sin is death.’
Your affectionate pupil,
Annie W.”
I have given her answer in her own words. Is it not a beautiful answer from a little girl of eleven years old? I wonder how many of the girls and boys who read Messages of Love can say the same. It may be some of you are like another little girl, who wrote to me to the effect that she had no part nor lot in this matter! What a solemn thing to say!
O, girls and boys, if you did but know what is in the heart of this precious Saviour who died on the cross for sinners. how gladly would you come to Him to receive blessing, and say,
“I hear Thy welcome voice,
Which calls me, Lord, to Thee,
For cleansing in Thy precious blood,
Which flowed on Calvary.”
ML 10/24/1909