By The Editor
JANUARY, 1914. — We are still at the Queen’s Hall, and I wish to record an instance of God’s wondrous grace in the salvation of a soul.
A patient came to my consulting room, and before leaving she said, “I have some good news for you, doctor, I have had a letter from a friend who has been converted through the meetings at the Queen’s Hall.” I said how glad and thankful I was, for I had known of many cases of blessing, but was so glad of this additional proof of the Lord’s presence with us.
The Letter
December 31St 1913
MY DEAR―
No doubt you will be surprised to hear from me, after your telling me you did not wish to have anything more to do with me. But now, when I tell you that I have accepted Jesus as my Saviour, I know that you will be only too delighted to read this letter. I will now tell you how the change came about. Last Sunday week I was at Exeter for the day, and my friend very much wanted me to go and hear Dr. W― preach, as she is an earnest Christian, and she begged me to go too, but you know that to spend a Sunday like that was not in my line; but at last I yielded to her and went. Dr. W― had not been speaking a quarter of an hour before I seemed to feel that he was speaking to me alone. All my past life came up before me, and you know what that has been. But I could not see it at all plainly that night, how I was able to get salvation without doing anything, as that verse came to mind, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” I can tell you I was miserable, I could get no sleep all Sunday night, and the same on Monday, but on Tuesday the light shone in, and then and there I said, “LORD, I WILL TRUST THEE, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED FOR ME.” And I have never been so happy as I have this last week. I can quite understand now why you did not want my company, as my behavior would only be a pain to you, but I hope now that you will write me a nice letter, as I know by how you have spoken to me before, that you can be a great help to me; and I also ask you to pray for me that I may be given strength to fight against the temptations which my companions would lead me into; but by God’s help I shall throw them off, if they do not throw me off first. Well, I must close now, but I will tell you I have not put an address on this letter as I am going to D― tomorrow, but am not quite sure of the address, so I will send you a post card to-morrow, and then you will be able to write to me. So good-bye, with love from Your sincere friend and now Sister in Christ.
May God bless her and keep her.