A SHORT time ago, I saw a little boy standing in one of the streets of B—, crying very bitterly. His loud sobs drew a great many people around him, some of whom soon began to ask him what was the matter. Poor little fellow, his distress was so great, that he was a long time before he could say. At last he cried, “I’ve—lost—my—mother.” He had left his mother’s side to look into the store windows, and when he looked round again, she was gone. Inquiries were made, his parent was searched for, and at last was found; and the little boy was soon again by his mother’s side, much to their mutual joy.
I thought as I beheld the scene, what a picture of the condition of every little boy and girl, yea, man and woman too, —by nature lost!
My dear little reader, such is your position by nature, and condition, too, now, if you have not believed in Jesus, the Saviour of the lost. Oh, how fearful a position to be in! Think of it, my dear little one, and may God by His Spirit bring you to know your need of Jesus, the, “good Shepherd,” who came all the way from heaven to seek and to Save such; who, when He was here upon this earth, “took little children up in His arms and blessed them.” Dot hear you say, “I should like to have been with Him then”? Well, dear little one, He is the same loving, gentle Shepherd now
as He was then. He loves “the little children” still, and He is as willing to save you now. Will you not come to Him? He has said you may. “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” The words which He spake, when down here—”Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God”—are as true now as when He first uttered them. Oh come, then, dear little one, to Him, believe on Him He has said, “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” Observe, dear child, what the little boy did when he knew he was lost; he (lid not wander from street to street in search of his parent, for in doing this he would have got farther off from her. No; he stood still, and cried: hence he was soon found.
Now, my dear little one, I would ask you if the case of this little boy in any wav describes your own. Do you feel that you are a lost sinner? God’s word declares you are, that you are dead in trespasses and sins. Young as you are, you have done that which you ought not to have done; hence the truth of God’s word: “All have sinned.” You were born in sin; and what a hateful thing “sin” is in God’s sight! for even the holy Jesus. when He was made sin for us on the cross, was forsaken of God.
It is a sense of this that I want you to have, because it will bring you to feel your need of Christ. When a little boy or girl, or any one, is sick, they need a physician; and it is their being so that brings them to feel their need of him. May the sense of your need of Jesus, dear little one, bring you by faith • to Him: He alone can save you.
Messages of God’s Love 12/20/1908