NORMA was a drunkard’s little daughter. Her father was a dock laborer, often intoxicated, and had almost no regard for the welfare of his wife and family.
Norma attended a Sunday school mission. One night at the close of the meeting for the boys and girls, she said to the evangelist who spoke, “I have trusted Jesus as my Saviour tonight.” He gave her a New Testament and marked some verses for her to read, so that she might know more fully of the wonderful love of God, as shown in the gift of His only begotten Son.
A few nights afterward she said, “I have asked Daddy and Mother to come and hear about Jesus, but they won’t come. Will you come to our house and ask them?” To be sure he would, and he called the next day. The home was in a very poor neighborhood, and bore evidence of extreme poverty. It was truly a drunkard’s home. Norma’s father would not promise to come to the mission, but her mother came, and there is every reason to believe that she put her trust in the Lord Jesus as her Saviour.
Two years passed by, and the evangelist was again holding gospel meetings in the same hall. Norma came to him one night, her face beaming with joy, and she showed him a pocket in her dress, specially made to hold her little New Testament. She said, “I love my Bible. I carry it with me, and whenever I have time I read a few verses. It helps me not to sin. I do like to read about Jesus.” As the evangelist looked at the little Testament it certainly bore evidence of constant use. Norma grew up and she got a position in a happy Christian home. In her spare time she was an active worker at the Sunday school where she trusted the Lord Jesus as her Saviour.
Cling to the Bible! this jewel and treasure
Brings life eternal, and saves fallen man;
Surely its value no mortal can measure:
Seek for its blessing, Oh soul, while you can!
ML-03/30/1969