“ABOUT two years ago,” says a servant of Christ, “when I was coming out of the preaching service that had been held at the Victoria Theater, I saw an old man looking very unhappy. So I said, My friend, you are not happy. ‘No,’ he replied, ‘I am not.’ I added, ‘You are not saved.’ ‘No,’ said he; I have been praying for it for twenty years.’ What, I said, praying for it for twenty years! Let me tell you a story; for you remind me of the circumstance.”
“I saw a gentleman the other day who was paralyzed on one side, and was wheeled about in a Bath chair. As he was out one day, he saw a poor man sitting by the road side afflicted in till same manner, and calling out, Oh, for God’s, sake, give me a hapney! The rich man told his servant to wheel him over to the poor man He did so, and the gentleman held out half-a-crown to the beggar. But the man still kept crying out, Oh, for God’s sake, give me a hapney! He was blind. The gentleman said, Here, my good fellow, is half-a-crown for you. But the poor man was deaf, and still he kept calling out for a halfpenny. The servant wheeled till gentleman nearer, and at last he made the poor man hear, and then he thankfully took the half crown.”
“‘Now, my friend, this is just what you are about. God is offering you salvation as a free gift through the blood of Jesus, and you keep asking for it. ‘What!’ said he, interrupting me, ‘Can I have salvation without asking for it? Of course you can,’ I replied. ‘The gift of Got is eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. He that believeth on Him hath ever lasting life.’ ‘Oh, air, I see it all now. I am bound for glory!’ He went away rejoicing.”