BELLA came home from school one afternoon saying she was saved and on the way to glory. A school companion had spoken to her on the way home, and while sitting by the river side she trusted herself to Jesus, and He save her, The Word of God on which she rested was,
Bella knew that she had “everlasting life” because the Word of the unchanging God said it. Nothing could possibly alter that. The two girls sang a song of praise to God together, and as they parted at the lane end, Polly said to Bella,
“Speak to your sister Annie, she needs to be converted too, and if she is not, you will be parted for all eternity.”
Bella ran home as fast as she could, and meeting her Christian mother at the door, she threw herself into her arms, and said,
“O mother dear, I’m saved.”
This was glad news, for Bella’s mother had long and earnestly prayed for the conversion of her two girls. They had been taught the way of life from their earliest days, but she knew well, that until they were born of the Spirit, saved by grace, and truly converted to God, they could not live the Christian life, or enter heaven at last. How glad she was to hear from Bella’s own lips, the joyful news that she had passed from death to life. Mother and daughter sat down, and mingled tears of joy together.
“‘Where’s Annie?” was the first question after Bella’s tears were wiped away.
“Sitting in the parlor at her lessons,” was the mother’s answer.
“I must go and tell her,” and off started Bella to the parlor, where Annie sat with her books. In a few minutes she heard from Bella’s lips the story of her conversion, followed by the earnest appeal,
“And now Annie dear, you must come to Jesus, or we must be parted forever.” Annie breathed a sigh, leaned her head wearily against Bella’s bosom, and burst into tears.
“I have been thinking a great deal about this for weeks, Bella, but I was always afraid to tell you anything about it, for fear you would laugh at me. Now you are saved, and I am left.”
“But you need not be left, Annie; Jesus wants to save you, and He will save you now, if you believe on Him, for He says it.”
The sisters sat most of that evening together, speaking of the great salvation. Tea was untasted, and lessons were laid aside. Bella, the young believer, was in dead earnest to win her sister for Saviour, and Annie was deeply anxious to be saved. They sat long, and their mother did not disturb them, but prayed in her heart that the Lord would save Annie that night. When the two girls came out of the little parlor, where their mother sat knitting, their faces beamed with a new joy, for Annie had trusted Christ as her Saviour, and they were now sisters for eternity.
Can you say my young friend, that their Saviour is yours?
ML 08/22/1937