I WISH you would go and see my grandfather,” said a young man to me; “he is very ill.”
I found the old man sitting by his cottage fire, suffering greatly. As I spoke to him, and read the Word of God, I found that he was not ignorant of the way of salvation, but that he had not seen or believed in the full provision which God had made for him as a sinner, when He gave His blessed Son to die upon the cross. However, he soon not only knew Him as his Saviour, but believed the love that God had shown to him in giving His own Son to be his Lord and Saviour.
The last time I visited him with a friend, I said to the sick man,
“Well, what will you do when you get to heaven?” The reply was spoken with surprise and emphasis,
“What can I do but praise Him!” “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, ... .to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Rev. 1:5.
ML 03/30/1924