We had been holding some special meetings down by the seacoast. Three were many children there, bright merry boys and girls from the towns and villages around, as well as visitors from afar. There were some older folks too. They came time and again in the summer evenings and heard the story of Jesus and His love. Heaven alone will declare the results of those happy meetings, but some we know were truly converted there, and are now happy in the knowledge of the Saviour’s love.
Here is a letter from one little girl which I think you would like to read. It will tell you how to be saved, if you are not already. Elizabeth is a happy girl just ten years old.
“Dear Sir:
“I am writing this to let you know I was saved at the meeting last night. I just came to Jesus as I was, with all my sins, and all my badness, and told Him I was a sinner, unable to save myself. I gave myself over to Him as you told us, and believed He would not cast me out, and He did not, but received me as He said, and saved me. That beautiful verse was in my mind all day: “Him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37). I am happy, not in my feelings, but resting in His Word.
Your little friend,
“Elizabeth C.”
If you would know Elizabeth’s Saviour, and be as happy as she is, “give yourself over” to Jesus as she did. He will receive and save you. There need be no doubt about it, for He has promised, and He can never fail to keep His word.
If you promise to do something, you feel in honor bound to fulfill your promise, and surely you do not think that the Son of God will do less. He is faithful that promised; and if you desire to prove His faithfulness to receive you, to save you, and to make you truly happy, then like little Elizabeth, “rest in His Word.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad,
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.
ML 03/21/1965