A SUNDAY school superintendent related the following:
Some years ago while visiting the Sunday school in H—, I was greatly cheered by the clear answers the dear children gave me.
When I asked how many of them really loved the Lord Jesus, I noticed all hands went up, except one little girl. Thinking she might not have heard me, I addressed her individually, and said;
"My dear child, don't you, too, love the Lord Jesus?" Hesitatingly she raised her little hand. After a few more encouraging words to the interested listeners, I told them that the following Thursday we would have another such meeting, to which their parents also were cordially invited.
"Who will promise me to earnestly invite your dear father and mother; and if possible, bring them along?" A few responded, and to my great surprise, that little girl too.
Afterwards I learned that she had come to the Sunday school that Lord's day for the first time.
The appointed day arrived, and as I took my place in the front, I watched the people coming in. There came my little girl with a happy face, and with a well dressed lady.
"I am glad, my dear child, that you have kept your promise so faithfully. I suppose this is your mother?"
"Yes, sir, this is my Mamma." Then the lady told me how the child had not ceased to invite her to the service.
"Although I had strictly forbidden her to go to any Christian Sunday school," the mother added, "yet she pressed me so earnestly last week, that I finally consented. I pushed her away in anger, but when she still persisted, I finally punished her with the rod. But the dear child continued to beg me to come, and I could do nothing but to promise her to come. I can assure you, I do not regret having been here."
"And, now, my dear child," she said, turning to her daughter, and pressing her to her heart, "you may go to the Sunday school as often as you wish." The little girl grasped the hand of her mother and covered it with kisses, filled with joy over the sudden change that had taken place, and turning to me, she whispered in my ear;
"Now, I will love the Lord Jesus dearly too."
Shortly after that, the lady turned to the Lord in true repentance, and was convert-
ed, rejoicing in the forgiveness of her sins through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. She henceforth walked faithfully with God's people, and her daughter is now active in blessed service in this very Sunday school.
So it was, that through the kind invitation, and the persistent begging of the child with a loving heart, two souls were saved.
Messages of God’s Love 8/24/1930