A young telegrapher went to his office one morning with a heavy heart. The Lord, through the Holy Spirit, had been speaking to him, and showing to him the sinfulness of his heart. The consciousness of his sinful state pressed heavily on him He felt like a sheep that had wandered into the wilderness, and could not get back, but Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who came to seek and to save the lost, had already found a way to bring him to Himself.
As he sat, bowed under the burden of sin, he poured out his heart before the Lord, and cried,
“God, be merciful to me, a sinner!”
Hark, what was that? Some one on the wire. The message came—first, the name and address of the one to whom it was sent, then the words,
“Behold, the Lamb of God, which tath away the sin of the world.”
“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”
Then followed the sender’s name. That was, indeed a singular telegram. How did it come about? The explanation was this: A young girl in the same town who was likewise under conviction of sin, had applied to the pastor of her native town for an answer to the question,
“What must I do to be saved?”
The pastor was on his vacation, where the letter had been forwarded to him, and it came just at the moment when he was leaving for a train, and he, not wishing to keep the anxious girl waiting till his return home, dispatched the above text.
The young girl found the Saviour through them, as also the telegrapher. Thus it was a message from heaven to them both. They saw in Jesus, God’s Lamb, who had taken away their sins—that He had borne the load of their sins on Calvary’s cross, and, in Him, they found redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of their sins. Eternal life and rich blessings were theirs.
The Good Shepherd knows how and where to find the lost sheep.
Dear young reader, have you had the question settled,
“What must I do to be save?” Are you not exercised about it? If so,
ML 11/09/1941