WHEN I WAS in Ireland one Sunday afternoon I was invited to speak to the children. Such a crowd of children came that we had difficulty in finding seats for them all.
After the service began, I noticed the door open and two tiny little girls dressed in white walked in, holding each other by the hand. They came slowly up the middle aisle, looking into each row, but the people only shook their heads which meant “no room!” “no room!”
At last they had walked right up to the front and could not find a seat, so I paused for a minute and asked for some hassocks. Then the dear little sisters sat down just at my feet.
At the close of the service a Christian lady talked to these little ones in the after meeting. Presently one of the two, who was only four years old, looked up brightly and said to her, “I know what Jesus will say if I come to Him!”
“Well, dear, what will He say?” asked the lady.
“He will say, ‘Come along, little one; I am so glad to see you,’ " she replied.
Yes, that is what Jesus will say to any poor sinner, whether a little boy or girl, or a grown up, who comes to Him. When the Lord Jesus was on earth He said: “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.” Mark 10:1414But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14). And He is still the Same.
ML-12/23/1962