IN the Sunday-school one Lord’s day, we were reading the first chapter of Revelation. I had the feeling that we should take up this chapter, and I thought even though we do not understand it all, yet God will give the promised blessing to the reading. Very distinctly do I recollect that afternoon when all the dear girls were gathered around me, eager to learn. I myself had as yet little knowledge, but it gave me much joy to teach the dear children what little I knew.
We read as far as the 5th verse; which reads, “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Here we stopped for a while, wishing to dwell on the meaning and preciousness of the words quoted. Finally, I asked whether there was one among them who could say “Amen”, to these glorious words, that is, to accept them as her own? I asked them:
“Who of you rests your salvation entirely upon the blood of the Lord Jesus, so that you can say of Him, ‘He has washed me from my sins?’”
Of course, I could not look into the hearts of my dear little ones, to see what was going on there, but that same day one of the girls came to me, and told me that she had found the Saviour, and had accepted His salvation.
“I thought,” she said, “I would put my ‘Amen’ beneath the verse, so I did it right there and then!”
How good this was! She accepted the Saviour, who has washed away the sins of His own by His blood; she trusted to His finished work and word. Now she was certain that He also loved her and had given Himself for her.
Can you, my dear little reader, say that you love the Lord Jesus? Have you said, “Amen” to His love and His work for you?
ML 07/26/1925