ANNIE was the daughter of pious parents and the subject of many strivings of the Holy Spirit, which had followed her almost from infancy; yet Fannie had not accepted Christ as her Saviour.
But one Sunday afternoon the reading of a tract awakened her to her need and then she resolved:
"I will find some promise to believe on for all eternity." Kneeling down, with her open Testament before her, the girl exclaimed, "0, here is just the word I want (in the 6th chapter of the Gospel by John, and the 37th verse,) Jesus says,
"Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. This will do," said the girl.
So putting her finger upon the passage of Scripture, she quietly, but reverently and earnestly, addressed God in words to this effect:
"O Thou great God, I am a sinner, and want to be saved from my sin. Many times I have offended Thee, that I remember, and my heart is hard, and many times sin has been mine when I even did not know it. 0 God, in the name and for the sake of Thy Son Jesus, I come now to Thee, 0 God. When Thy Son was in the world He said, 'Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.' Jesus, here I come to Thee, and will and do believe Thou wilt not cast me out. My heart is cold, and dark and ignorant. I have tried to make my heart warmer and better, but cannot do it. Lord, I trust this soul of mine to Thee,
"I give it to Thee to be saved from the guilt and punishment of my sins, which have been atoned for by Thy death. I give my soul to be washed and cleansed by Thy blood. Thou hast said, 'Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.' Lord; I come. I take Thee at Thy Word. Lord, I believe that Thy blood cleanses from all sin, that Thou hast saved even me."
Having trusted her soul to Jesus, and given herself to Him, it seemed to the girl as if she could not leave off praising and blessing and talking to her new found Saviour. Tears coursed down her cheeks unheeded, for they were tears of happiness, and even of rapture, as the girl found herself thanking God for pardon, for peace, and for heaven. Love and joy sprang up in the softened heart, which was dissolved and melted by the wonderful love and compassion of the Redeemer.
"O," thought Fannie, "how I love the dear Lord Jesus. His word is true. He will not, He has not cast me out, and now He is mine, for time and for eternity." Fannie could now enter into the language of the following,
"I love Thee, Lord, but with no love of mine,
For I have naught to give;
I love Thee, Lord, but all the love is Thine;
For by Thy love I live.
I am nothing and rejoice to be,
Emptied and lost and swallowed up in Thee."
In the trials and changes which have fallen to her lot in more than 20 years which have passed, she has found that the peace of God which passeth understanding, and the knowledge of the truth of the promise which came to her first in that little room, have never left her.
Messages of God’s Love 1/24/1932