THIS little note, written by a child to her mother, is given you to read, dear children, in the hope that many of you will do as this child did: resolve not to wait until you "grow up," but come to Jesus now, for He who once said, " Suffer the children to come unto Me," and "Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out," is the very same Jesus now, and although you may not have found it out, you need to "know Him as your Saviour" just as much as the writer of this letter did, when she wrote these words:—
“My dear mamma,— I have been long wanting to know the Lord Jesus as my Saviour, for I have found out what a wicked child I am, and that I cannot make myself better. But I have asked the Lord to make me better, for I know that I cannot stand in the presence of God as I am, and I know that Jesus has died for me as well as for other people. I am very unhappy about my soul, mamma, and I shall not be happy till I know the Lord Jesus as my Saviour.
“I do not want to wait until I grow up, for that, perhaps, will never be; and it says in Proverbs, the 8th chapter and the 17th verse, I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me.'
“I am seeking the Lord early, though not so early as I ought; but I hope to find Him. Good-bye—Your affectionate child.”
It was the voice of the Good Shepherd, speaking deep down in this child's heart, and bidding her come to Him, which made her desire to seek the Lord. Has this still small voice never spoken to you?
What do you do when it speaks? Do you "incline the ear" of your soul, or do you try to drown that voice of love by thinking of other things, things "which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain"?