"My eldest son," said one, "has been skeptical since his boyhood. The best of sons; but a real rejector of Christ. For a long time past he has been a miserable man; with everything on earth: riches, honor, etc., yet as wretched as he could be. Then a serious illness, which no medical skill could relieve, seemed to make his case hopeless. He went alone to some baths in S—, and on the day of his arrival there, was invited by one of the patients into his room. There he saw a Bible—and that was enough. He could not rest till he got, one, and read its sacred pages. He received and believed the gospel, and rejoiced in the forgiveness of sins through the precious blood of Christ.”
Such is the simple and truthful account of the way in which our God delights in sovereign grace. The sight of the neglected Bible was enough for the Holy Spirit to use, in deep conviction of sin. That same blessed Word of God contained the revelation of the good news of God to that soul.
O, what can meet the misery, and the cause of all the misery of man, but the precious blood of Jesus? What a passing from death to life! What a new creation!
Reader, are you also neglecting and rejecting that Book of all Books? Or is it the greatest treasure you have on earth? How great is the privilege in this day of having the Word of God. And how great also the responsibility! May the above encourage the faith of parents.