You will be glad to know that the Messages of Love is read by boys and girls in a great many different countries. Just today I was passing a big school in the middle of a city called Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. I offered a paper to a little boy, and very soon I was completely surrounded by a crowd of boys and girls, all begging for more.
A little while ago, a friend of mine offered a Sunday school paper to a wee girl and she gladly accepted it. Then my friend went on to tell her of the Lord Jesus who came into this world to die that He might save boys and girls and take them to heaven.
“And the Lord Jesus is coming back soon too, to take all the saved ones home to heaven.”
Anna listened eagerly and stopped the story to ask many questions.
“And now, Anna,” said my friend, “how old are you?”
“Just this old.” Solemnly she spread out her fingers and thumb. “Just five. And now I must run home to my mother.”
She smiled brightly and then started to run home. Presently she turned and came back.
“Please, tell Jesus I live in that little brown house at the end of the street.”
Quickly she ran off. And then she came back a second time.
“And, sir, please tell Jesus, Daddy and Mother live there too. I would like Jesus to take us all to heaven.”
“Tell your father and mother that Jesus’ blood washes sins away, Anna.”
I’m sure a five year old girl is not too young to learn about Jesus, and I am so very glad Anna wanted to be sure her father and mother would go to heaven too.
When the Lord Jesus was here, He took little children up in His arms and said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:1414But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19:14).
ML 04/01/1956