A bright little school-boy received a nice text card sent him by his aunt who was a lover of the Lord. Jesus, bearing the words,
“BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED.”
He had just been converted at some children’s meetings held in the town where he lived. So when he received the card, he at once replied, telling his aunt of his conversion, and how happy he was, and adding the following lines, which are very simple, and sweetly express the faith of one who had just come to the Saviour. What do you think of them, reader? Can you say as much of yourself?
“I am not saved by ‘doing,’
My ‘works’ receive no place;
But I delight in telling
That I am saved by grace.
And when in heavenly glory,
I see the Saviour’s face,
I’ll tell the same glad story,
That I was saved by grace:”
Charlie hung his text card on the wall, and people who came into the house, went forward and read it. This gave Charlie a nice opportunity of telling how God saved him, and of repeating his verses.
Not long after, his mother became anxious about her soul, and she also was “saved by grace.” A meeting was begun in their house, and for many a Thursday evening, the grand old story of Jesus and His love was told out there, And Charlie lead the singing, making-melody in his heart to the One who saved him lay His grace. How grand it is to be saved in early years, and to give the best of one’s days to the Lord Jesus, and to His service.
ML 10/02/1938