FATHER, shall I read you a story out of my Reward book?” was the earnest re, quest of a little girl as she saw her father toss himself into his arm-chair by the fire-side, one wintry Lord’s-day evening. He was in the habit of spending the evening of the Lord’s-day in “company”, but the cold and rain kept him indoors this night.
“If you like, Annie”, the father carelessly replied, and Annie, glad of the opportunity, sat down on the hassock, and began to read from the volume her teacher had given her as a New Year’s Prize for “good attendance” at the Sunday-school.
It was only a simple story of how two young men were brought to the Lord, and afterwards spent their lives in His service, but the Spirit of God used it to cause Annie’s father to think about his soul.
When she had finished the narrative, he asked her to read it again, and after she had finished, he sat silently thinking for a long time. That was the turning point in his history, and not long after, he confessed Christ, and became a follower of the Lord.
Annie was saved in the Sunday-school, and she longed to see her dear father in the Lord also. This was the way she took to reach him with the gospel, and the Lord owned it.
Dear boys and girls, if Jesus has saved you, seek, as Annie did, to lead your friends and companions to Him also.
If you are not yet the Lord’s, then come to Him as you are, and He will save you. Jesus said,
ML 06/12/1927