While I was visiting at a hospital at B. my attention was attracted towards the little girl of whom I am about to tell.
I walked across the ward, and seated myself by little Lizzie’s side. Marks of suffering were visible on the little wan face and yet it was lighted up by a look of peace and restfulness that contrasted strangely with many of the sufferers around. Some faces were very sad, but Lizzie’s was sweet and calm.
To my joy, I found that Lizzie, though so young, was resting on the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the Sunday school she heard how He had died for poor sinners, just like she felt herself to be. She had believed the wonderful story of His grace towards her, and now she was lying in the hospital happy, and perfectly contented in the knowledge of her Saviour’s love.
“Lizzie,” I said some time later, as I saw it was time to go, “I want you to tell me what makes you so happy?”
Her dark eyes quite beamed in answer to my question, and her little face brightened into a beautiful smile, as she readily replied,
“It is because I am sure that Jesus loves me.”
Dear little Lizzie. No wonder that she was happy. She had the Lord Jesus for her Friend, and the constant thought of His love made her perfectly content.
Dear children, can you say, like Lizzie,
“I am sure Jesus loves me?” If not, why not? Believe and trust Him as Lizzie did; and then you will realize, also, the joy of the Saviour’s love to you.
You have heard of Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, and how He condescends to become the Unchanging Friend of each boy and girl who trusts Him for salvation. You may have Him as your Saviour; and then you will know what it is to be perfectly happy. He waits to bless you, and whispers those blessed words of forgivess and. peace.
A Candle
A man once said, “I have no more influence than a candle.”
“Well,” was the reply, “a candle can do a great deal; it can set a hay-stack on fire; it can burn down a house; yea, more, it will enable a poor creature to read a chapter in God’s book. Go your way, friend, let your candle so shine before men, that others, seeing your good works, may glofy your Father which is in heaven.”
ML 08/08/1943