Charlie’s was a big boy, between 12 and 13, and went one night to a gospel meeting, bent on mischief, and making fun of what was said. He laughed and talked, and disturbed the speaker, so that he had to be reproved; but that night he had a dream that diurbed him dreadfully!
He thought that he saw the word
ETERNITY
upon the wall at the foot of his bed, not in black letters, but in letters of fire like gas jets flaring upon the wall.
The boy woke up in a great fright, trembling very much, and could not get off to sleep again. Surely it was God speaking to Charlie, and he felt what a wicked boy he was, and that if he died in that state he could not possibly spend eternity with the Lord Jesus in heaven!
He could scarcely swallow any breakfast in the morning, and had the most wretched time at school.
After school he ran home, went up to his room, fell upon his knees weeping, and asked God to have mercy on him for Christ’s sake, and wash all his sins away. That was the day of his salvation, and Charlie has been a changed character ever since, and he has told many boys and girls of the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
ML 05/03/1959