CAN you say, Jesus Christ is mine? If not, dear young friend, then you do not know what peace and joy are.
My little friend Julia, of whom I will tell you, finds Jesus more precious to her than all besides. Julia was always, to all outward appearance, a happy child. She had much to make her happy. A dear mother, and brother, kind relations and friends, and a comfortable home. Good health and spirits served to increase the enjoyment of these blessings; but one thing Julia had not―without which all else was as naught―she had not peace in the forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ.
Julia had often heard of the love of God to sinners, and no doubt if anyone had told her that she was not a Christian, she would have been quite angry; but the fact remained she was unsaved. I longed to show my young friend her danger, and one day, when we were walking out together, I said quickly, “Julia, will you come to Jesus?”
She looked up surprised as I explained to her, her state in the eyes of God. She promised me that she would read Isa. 53 when in her room alone before she went to bed that evening. And the next day I was rejoiced when she told me she had no rest till she had read that chapter, and that after reading it she had gone down upon her knees, and had asked God to make her Jesus’s lamb, I also received a letter from her in which she said, “I pray God to help me, that I may be one of Jesus’s lambs. I am going to tell Jesus all my trouble, and I pray that He may pardon all my sins.” I soon noticed a change in her conduct, that prepared me for hearing her say that she had given herself to Jesus, and that He way hers. Julia could now say, “Christ Jesus is mine.” Here are a few sentences of another letter, which she sent me some time after she knew that the Lord Jesus loved her: ― “I am quite sure Jesus has washed my sins away. I have written to S. and asked her to give her heart to Him... for He will never cast anyone away. Nom who once come to Him will want to leave Him.” If you come to Jesus, you will experience the same happiness as my young friend. But do not deceive yourselves; you either belong to Satan or to Jesus.
A. M. E. T.