Little Eddie came to our children’s meetings when he was just four years old, and at that early age I believe the Lord opened his heart to the gospel. He lived some distance out of town and often he tramped the dark road all alone after meeting, carrying with him some magazines and prizes, or messages for his mother. But the brave little fellow never feared, nor even on the darkest night did we ever miss him from the meeting. His parents were careless and indifferent to the gospel, but they always listened to Eddie when he told them what he heard at the meetings, and his mother read very eagerly the Sunday school papers and prizes that he brought home.
I believe God used the dear boy’s testimony, simple as it was, backed up by his consistent life, to turn the parents’ hearts toward eternal things, and to make them wish to know Eddie’s Saviour. It was a great triumph for Eddie to get his father and mother to come to the annual children’s treat, to which parents as well as children were welcome. His face shone as he led them into a seat in the hall that night.
But the best part of my story has yet to be told. Eddie’s father and mother became anxious about their souls’ salvation, and we had the joy of going out to their home one night, telling them more simply of the way of life. Now both are saved and happy in the Lord. Eddie is a bright Christian boy, a true witness for Christ, and much loved by his parents. And well they might love him, for it was by his means that they were led to the Saviour.
Dear young friends, how wonderful it is to be saved in life’s early days. What a joy to yourself, what a blessing to your friends it would be, if you were really saved and witnessing for Jesus, as did brave Eddie.
ML 04/18/1965