MR. WEAVER, the evangelist, was on his way one Sunday evening to preach the gospel at a large hall, when he was met by a poor young girl who had run away from home.
"Could I go with you?" she asked.
"Come," he replied, "take hold of my arm." When they got to the hall it was crowded.
Pushing the girl before him he said to the hall keeper, "Make way for this young lady." He brought her up near the front and placed her in charge of a dear kind Christian lady.
Mr. Weaver preached that night on the love and mercy of God. After he had done speaking, the poor girl got down on her knees and prayed to the Lord that He in mercy would save her soul. Her prayer was heard. The kind Christian friend took her home and sent for the girl's mother. Soon the daughter who had gone astray like a lost sheep was restored and there was great rejoicing in that home again.
Some years afterwards when Mr. Weaver was preaching in a nearby town, a nicely dressed lady with a dear little baby in her arms came up to him, accompanied by a man holding a little girl by the hand.
"Do you know me?" she asked.
"No," he replied.
"Do you remember taking a young girl to the gospel hall one Sunday night some years ago?"
"Yes."
"Well," she said, "I am she. This is my husband and these are our children. Ever since that night through grace I have been seeking to walk with God." Her husband was a local gospel preacher. So the sower and the reaper rejoiced together.
Memory Verse
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5 :8.
Messages of the Love of God 1/12/1975