As it is both interesting and helpful to us to hear about God’s dealings with others, I will tell my young readers, with pleasure, of the case of dear little Marguerite. She and her three brothers have been for years under the care and instruction of a kind, Christian governess. This dear Christian girl has taught the children French, and converses with them constantly in the French language; but her dearest desire has been to point the little ones committed to her care, to Him who is so dear to her own heart; and God has richly blessed her efforts by bringing one after another of these dear children to know salvation through the precious blood of Jesus.
This dear Christian instructress recently wrote thus to a friend: “I am happy to be able to tell you that little Marguerite has given her heart to the Lord. She had never wished me to ask the Lord to come. One day I asked her why she did not wish this. She replied, ‘Because I do not know Jesus as my Saviour.’ The other day she said to me, ‘Now, Mademoiselle, you can ask Jesus to come. He has pardoned all my sins. He loves me, and I love Him. He is my Saviour. I am no more afraid of death!’ This is a great joy to me, and I bless the Lord for it; to Him be all the glory.”
Dear young readers, is it not beautiful to see what the Lord has wrought in this dear lamb of His! Young as she is, she knew she could not meet Jesus in her sins, and she did not want Him to come; but when, by faith, she saw that Jesus had suffered for her sins and that they were all pardoned, the fear of death was taken from her. And with the love of Jesus filling her heart she could tell her dear teacher to ask Him to come.
How is it with you? Do you want Jesus to come? Are you afraid of death? Why would you be afraid to die? Why do you not wish Jesus to come? Ask yourself honestly these questions.
Can you say “Come, Lord Jesus,” and is the love of Jesus filling your heart? May you then witness brightly for Him, as dear little M. is doing.
Let me give you some extracts from a letter that she wrote to a young friend. “I am going to write you but a little letter to tell you what I am doing here in N—. Miss —. bought the ‘Messages of Love’ for me, and I like it very much. I am very happy to say that I have Jesus Christ as my dear Saviour. He died for me on the cross, and washed away all my sins. If He comes I will go with Him to heaven. My only wish is that dear Mamma and Papa would be sure that they should go to heaven with me. I would be so happy. Yesterday we had a terrible storm, lightnings, thunder, and hail about as big as small pieces of ice. But I was not afraid, because I knew God would keep me from all danger.”
Two days after Marguerite was made happy in knowing that her sins were pardoned, she had a dream which we may give you in another paper, if the Lord will.
ML 10/05/1902