Two young Christian sisters lived with and were dependent upon an infidel brother. He strictly forbade them to allow any of their Christian friends to come to the house.
One day an old woman, poor in this world but rich in faith, came unexpectedly to see them. While they were visiting together, the brother entered. He looked very angry, and was about to give vent to his wrath, when one of the sisters said, “Brother, allow me to introduce you to the daughter of a King!”
Understanding her meaning, he left the room at once without having said a word.
The words, “the daughter of a King,” struck home, and led him to ask himself the question, “What am I?” A still small voice answered, “A slave to Satan and sin.”
Deep was the anguish of his soul as he thought of the sins of his past life. Worst of all, he had despised the Son of God, and refused submission to the “King of kings, and Lord of lords.”
That night he could not sleep, but it was said of him in heaven, “Behold, he prayeth.”
During those wakeful hours he was watched with deep and loving interest by the merciful God who “shall neither slumber nor sleep.”
Before dawn he who groaned beneath his load of sin received the Lord Jesus Christ as his sin-bearer and Savior. Taking up his sister’s Bible (that hitherto despised book) he opened it. His eyes fell on the words, “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” He believed that message was meant for him—that it is indeed “a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” “The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”