The Cowboy's Conversion
• 1 min. read • grade level: 7
A young Scotchman, brought up under a godly mother’s care emigrated to the States, and became a cowboy in the Rocky Mountain region. He imbibed the teachings of Ingersoll and lived a careless, godless life. But one day he came across a sermon, the text of which was “How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?” (Jer. 12:55If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:5)). The application of this pointed question brought home to him his mother’s early teachings and he was in great distress of soul. He saw a little Testament on his employer’s desk and took it out under the shade of a tree, but only became more distressed as he thought of his sins. Twice he drew his revolver to take his own life. Then he glanced down at the Testament. It was open, and in the goodness of God his eye fell upon John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37). He came to Jesus. He found that the Lord keeps His word, and Afterward spent much of his time proclaiming to others the truth of what that day he received alone with God.
ML-11/12/1978