The next member of the family who was saved was Louise, the youngest daughter, a girl of ten. A neighbor had asked her if she was saved, and as she was not able to say that she was, she became exercised through this question about her soul. Also, her mother was now rejoicing in the Lord Jesus, and she felt that she would like to rejoice, too. And the Lord graciously wrought in her young heart, showing her that He was “the Way.” The Thursday morning after her mother found peace, Louise came out of her room with a beaming face, and going up to her mother, said, “Mamma, the Lord has blessed me.” The Lord had spoken to her soul in the night; and now the dear girl was rejoicing.
Next came Mr. W. He had seen the exercise of soul through which his wife had been passing and the joy that had come to her, and he listened while she told him what the Lord had done for her. In the morning, before he would go to work, and in the evening when he would return from it, she would read to him from God’s word and would talk to him about it. His soul began to be stirred with longings to know the truth of these things.
Some Christians of the neighborhood, had now begun to have some meetings sometimes at one house, sometimes at another. The evening after Louise was made to know Jesus as her Saviour, the meeting was held in Mr. W.’s house, and Mrs. W. asked her husband if he would not attend it. He would not go into the room where the meeting was held, but stood outside, at the window, looking in and listening. On the next evening, another meeting was held; this time he went inside and listened as one whose soul was hanging in the balance. The next day, Saturday, the picture of Jesus hanging upon the cross and the blood dripping from the thorn-crowned brow, was presented vividly to his mind, and made a deep impression upon him; he took up a Bible, and turning over its leaves, his eyes fell upon these words, “I will be to him a Father and he shall be to Me a Son.” He took this as God’s word to him showing that he had been taken up for blessing, and his heart was filled with joy. Thus, in less than a week, three members of that household were brought to the Lord.
It was not many days later that Mabel, the oldest daughter and only child, except Louise, became exercised about her sins. She attended the meetings, and heard the truth. She saw her father and mother and sister rejoicing in the Lord Jesus as their Saviour, and she did not know Him; she heard their long, earnest conversations about the one theme that was filling their souls with joy, but, as yet, these things were not for her. It was not long, however, until the Lord gently spoke to her through this precious verse, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” She believed and her heart was made glad. When she came out to breakfast next morning, her mother noticed at once that there was a new light in her face and without waiting for her to speak asked her if she was blessed; she nodded her head and smiled, and has since shown in her life the change that had been wrought.
ML 10/07/1900