Saved Through the Snow Prayer

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RONALD was one of the cheeriest boys I ever met.
On getting better acquainted with Ronald, and inquiring about his conversion, a simple and stirring incident he related. Along with two of his companions he was in the habit of attending gospel services in a place not far from his father’s house. Little by little the three boys became interested in the good news of salvation. More than that, they were anxious about being saved, and knowing their sins forgiven. One night they waited for the after-meeting.
“Well, boys, are you saved?” kindly inquired the preacher.
“No, sir, we are not, but we would like to be.”
As the hour was late, and the boys had to be home at a certain time, the preacher thought a moment, then said, “Well, boys, go home and find the snow prayer in Psalm 51:77Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7). Read it, kneel down and pray it honestly, then come and let me hear how you fare.”
The next night they were all at the meeting in good time. As the preacher spoke of the love of God in giving “His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life,” he noticed the deepening interest on each face. Going up to them at the close of the address, he said, “Well, boys, are you saved yet?”
At once they replied cheerfully, “Yes, sir.”
“How did it happen?”
Ronald first, then the others in turn, told how they had done as he had suggested — they had turned to Psalm 51:77Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7) in the Bible, read the snow prayer, and on bended knee each one had cried, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”
At the same time they looked to the Lord Jesus Christ as the “Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:2929The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)), and found the promise of God to be true: “Look unto Me, and be ye saved” (Isa. 45:2222Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:22)). Looking unto Jesus they lived.
Did conversion make them miserable and unable to play or enjoy the fun in the snow? No, indeed; rather it made them enjoy it better. They are all grown up now, and each can still say:
“Years have passed away
Since I began to pray,
And I love the Lord today,
Bless His name!”
Whether your name be Ronald or Ruthie, George, or Gracie, or anything else, let me ask, Have you prayed the snow prayer? Are you cleansed in the blood of the Lamb? Do you know your sins forgiven? If not, get your Bible and find some of the precious promises of God, such as Isaiah 1:1818Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18): “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as SNOW; though they be red like crimson they shall be as WOOL.”
“WHOSO HEARKENETH UNTO ME SHALL DWELL SAFELY.”
ML-01/03/1960