I was lately at some services in a fishing village; the meeting house was crowded, and the gospel was preached simply and faithfully.
Among those who remained to be spoken to at the close of the meeting was a young man, about twenty years old. During the evening I had noticed his deep, earnest gaze fixed on the speaker as each word seemed to go straight to his heart. Going up to him, I said, "Do you know Jesus as your Savior?”
"I never heard the like before," he said, adding in eager tones, "O, tell me more about Him.”
I spoke to him, as I would have spoken to a child of the Lord Jesus. He was ignorant, indeed, but the Holy Spirit had convinced his conscience of the true nature of sin and touched his heart with a sense of the amazing love of God.
This young man was able to grasp at once the most blessed of all truths; for it was the person of the One who died for him that had captivated his heart.
"I'll take Him at His word," he said, as we rose to leave, when the others had gone and the place was being locked up. As he accompanied me far on my way home, we still spoke of Him who is the chiefest among ten thousand, the altogether lovely One.
It was the first time he had heard about Jesus, for he had never, before that night, attended a preaching or entered a place of worship. He gladly accepted Christ as his Savior, and went on his way rejoicing in Him.