A little company of young boys and girls were spending the clay together in the country. A little girl named Minnie, who formed one of the company, overheard a cluster of girls speaking of their joy and peace in Christ, and of the certainty of being in heaven. Little attention was being paid to the little girl, until she gave a great sob, and burst into tears. Her eldest sister took her on her knee, and said,
“What’s the matter, Minnie, dear?” Sobbing bitterly, Minnie answered, “I’m not saved, and I know that I cannot go to heaven with you until I am converted.”
The girls were glad to see the Spirit of God working with one so young, and making known her sinful and lost condition to her tender conscience. They told her of the love of God, and of Jesus’ death for sinners on the cross, and pointed her to Him who gives the weary rest. Her young heart was opened to receive Him as her own and only Saviour. She bore a clear and bright testimony to the reality of her conversion to God, and God gave her a clear grasp of the truth.
One day she heard it whispered that Tom—a boy who professed to be a Christian—had done something inconsistent with such a profession.
“O,” said Minnie, “when old Tom was alive he used to do that. Now new Tom lives, and old Tom should not be there.”
The Lord, who saved Minnie at so early an age, can save you too, my dear young reader, and He will, if you trust Him. Then you will know and enjoy the happiness of being a iamb of the good Shepherd’s flock.
ML 08/14/1938