There is a special blessedness in being saved while we are children—a place of peculiar nearness to Jesus, that only those who become His in youthful years have the promise of receiving. Concerning those who are converted when young, 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 ills love in heaven.
What a mistake for little boys and girls to refuse to accept Him as their Saviour, 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.” He carries in. His bosom—the lambs of His flock. Jesus said,
ML 05/15/1938