A MINISTER once knocked at the door of a poor, aged, and lone woman; but he received no answer. Louder, and louder still, be knocked. At length, as he kept his ear close to the door, he heard a feeble voice, saying, “Who is there?” “It is I, the minister,” was the reply. “Ah, sir,” said the woman, “I am lying very ill, and cannot rise to let you in; but if you would come in, just lift the latch and open the door for yourself.” The good man cheerfully complied, and went in to comfort the dying sufferer with the consolations of the gospel.
Is Jesus knocking at the door of your heart, my dear young reader? Perhaps He is, and you say, I don’t know how to let Him in. Just do as the dying old lady did to the minister. Ask Him to open the door for Himself and come in. If you do He will come in and take possession of your heart. Oh, do not keep Him out! Do not let Him knock in vain!
Dear Children:
As we have now come to the close of the fifth year of “Messages of Love,” we trust that our many readers may have received blessing through its pages.
Our prayer is that those who are saved by putting their trust in the Lord Jesus, may, from henceforth, be faithful witnesses for Him during the little while that He leaves us in this world, which is fast ripening for His terrible judgments, and that those who are still unsaved, may accept Him as their own Saviour before the day of His grace is forever closed, and those judgments begin to fall.
“Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. “Ps. 90:12
ML 04/24/1904