A lady was walking in the country, when her attention was arrested by the voice of a little child. She turned aside, and saw a tiny boy, his face upturned, his little hands clasped tether, kneeling beneath a large spreading tree.
As she stood and listened she heard him say,
“Lord, save my mother, and wash her sins away.”
When he rose from his knees, she took him by the hand and asked him where he lived.
He pointed to a cottage just within sight, saying,
“I live down there.”
He trotted by her side, chatting in his childish way. She soon found out that he attended the Sunday school, and there had not only learned that God hears and answers the prayers of His little ones, but also that the Lord Jesus had died for him, and young as he was his great desire was that his mother, who was lying very ill, might know his Saviour too.
“Do you think the Lord Jesus will answer your prayer?” the lady asked.
“O, yes,” he replied, “for teacher says, ‘He loves to answer prayer.’”
At that moment they reached the cottage door, and with a bright smile he ran in, saying “Goodbye.”
With a prayer upon her lips for blessing on the little boy, she retraced her steps.
His prayer was answered. His mother was led to trust in the loving Saviour. The little boy would tell his father all that he had learned in the Sunday school, and thus he, too, was brought to know the Lord Jesus as his Saviour.
Now, my dear children, may this story of a little boy’s simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ speak to your hearts, and if you do not yet know Him as your Saviour, just come to Him at once, and believe that He has died for you, and you Will then be saved, and will long for those around you to trust Him too.
For those of my young friends who know the Lord, may this story of prayer answered, be an encouragement to each one of you to pray and continue praying for your loved ones who are still strangers to God’s grace.
ML 07/12/1931