George decided to go away and have a good time, His mother was a Christian, and not only did she plead with him to give his heart to the Saviour, but he knew she was praying for hint all the time, and he wanted to get away from her influence. His mother still prayed for him, and she passed away with this prayer on her lips, “Lord, save George.”
He heard the news of his mother’s death, hut it seemed to make no impression on him, and he went on in his sinful ways. One day as he was tramping across the country, he was taken suddenly ill and lay down beneath a hedge. He thought he was dying and knew he had been a very wicked boy. He tried to remember what his Sunday school teacher told him, but nothing would come to his mind except that he was sure he was the worst sinner in the world.
Next morning some gypsies saw him lying there, arid asked why he was on the ground. He had just strength to murmur, “I’m dying,” so they took pity on him and carried him to their tent. They cared for him, and one little girl named Vic, used to sit by him and sing. One day she sang:
“He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free,
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.”
“That’s what my mother used to sing,” he said. “She’s safe in heaven now and I’ll never see her again.”
“Oh yes, you may, if you will only come to Jesus,” said the young gypsy.
“No, no, I’m too bad to come to Him.”
“But you know the hymn says, “His blood can make the foulest clean.”
“So it does, but it’s too good to be true.”
“See in the Testament the lady gave me it says that Jesus came to save the lost, so that must he you.”
“Perhaps it is,” he answered slowly.
“Thank God for that! that’s what I’ve heard many a time, but had forgotten. I will now take the Lord Jesus as my Saviour.”
There was rejoicing in heaven as well as in the gypsy’s tent that day. George was not only saved from the guilt of his sins, but also from his sinful life. Then he began to seek other sinners like himself and point them to the Saviour.
Dear reader, have you, like George, seen yourself a sinner in God’s sight, and taken Jesus as your Saviour? If not, you may do so at once and take the salvation God has provided, and longs to give you.
ML 06/04/1950