IT was a lovely day, and the sun was shining brightly, its light seemed to get into every corner, and brighten every gloomy place. But the sun was not the only light doing its work that Sunday afternoon. The “True Light” was going to shine in one poor dark heart at least, for the first time.
Ethel W. went to Sunday-school that day with such a heavy heart, feeling the awful load of her sins. During the class the teacher read those lines of earnest pleading;
“What will you do without Him?” praying that God would bless them to some little girl there.
While the lines were being read, Ethel felt how she was “without Him”—without God, without Christ, and without hope.
The sins of years, unforgiven, unwashed, uncleansed. What could she do? How could she be saved?
Dear Ethel did find the Saviour that afternoon, for after the class was over, a friend, seeing how anxious she was about her soul, went home with her, and told her as simply, as she could, that the Lord Jesus was seeking her, and that He had died on the cross to put away her sins.
Then the light came streaming into her poor, dark heart, and ever since then, this dear girl has been so happy. She told one of her friends soon after, when asked,
“Why did you come to Jesus?”
“I could not help coming, when I knew how much He loved me.”
O! dear young reader, can you help coming to Him, when you know how much the Lord Jesus loves you?
Jesus calls to you, dear one, “Everything is fully done, Come to Me, receive My love, Come and live with Me above.”
ML 12/10/1922