For a long time a man had been seeking to gain a righteousness of his own. By his earnest works and laborious efforts he had been trying to be right with God.
One day he was at home with his wife, who had already given up all hope of being her own Savior, and had cast herself upon Christ to be saved by Him alone.
She sat singing over the well-known verses of the hymn, "Just as I am without one plea." When she came to the words,
"Just as I am Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve,”
her husband broke in, inquiring, "Is that true, Mary? Will He receive a sinner just as he is?”
"Yes, surely!" answered his wife.
"I never knew that before! That's where I've been wrong. Well, He'll get me just now.”
And there and then, without waiting any longer, he trusted the Savior to save him, and knew what it was to be received, welcomed, pardoned, cleansed, and relieved. Believing His promise, he came and was not refused. And still God's Word stands: "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”