Little Roy was a very sick baby in Elmira. Weary with watching over her little one Mother had come downstairs for a short rest. She heard the voice of little four-year-old Esther in the hall talking to someone. Curious to know whom she was talking to Mother paused and peeked in at the half open door.
Little Esther had pulled a chair up in front of the telephone on the wall and was standing on it with the receiver pressed against her ear. The child’s earnestness showed that she was in no playful mood, and this was the conversation the mother heard as she stood there, her eyes filled with tears. Esther was carrying on both sides of the conversation, as if she were repeating the answers:
“Hello!”
“Who’s there?”
“Is God there?”
“Yes.”
“Is the Lord Jesus there?”
“Yes.”
“Lord Jesus, our little Roy is sick, and we ask Thee to make him better. Will You now?”
A silence followed and then the request was repeated. Finally the answer came, “Yes.”
Then little Esther put the receiver back on the hook, clambered down from the chair, and with radiant smiles ran to Mother who caught her up in her arms.
That very day little Roy, whose life had been despaired of, took a change for the better and got well again.
Can a little child like me
Pray to Jesus fittingly?
Yes, O yes, He loves to hear
Prayers from lips of children dear.
I will need His help today
In the things I do and say.
ML-06/27/1976