THERE is a special blessedness in being saved in early days a place of peculiar nearness to Jesus, that only those that become His while they are children, have the promise of receiving. Concerning those who are in early days converted, and brought into His flock, it is said,
Those “little ones who believe in Him.” He takes into this place of special affection, near to His heart, and carries them safely along the way to the home of His love in heaven.
What a mistake for little boys and girls to refuse such a place, and to say they will come to Jesus when they are older.
Even were this possible and it is not always so, for they sometimes die—they lose the special place that the Shepherd would have given them, had they but come to Him when they were “little children.” How warm and safe is the place that Jesus gives to those whom He carries in His bosom—the lambs of His flock.
ML 03/22/1925