Hannah had not been accustomed to the Sunday school as most of us have. She had gone with her parents to a lovely seaside resort. On the third day a novelty appeared on the beach —a Children’s Seaside Service. What could it mean? The speaker gave out a peculiar text:
He had explained to the children that the Lord Jesus wants to save them in early life; that there is danger in delay; that although He calls now He will not always invite sinners to come to Him; that the Holy Ghost saith: “TODAY.”
Hannah went home very sober. All through the rest of the afternoon and evening the words were ringing in her ears: “The Holy Ghost saith, ‘TODAY.’”
At last she told her mother what the speaker had said, just before she was going to bed. Her mother, who did not know the Lord Jesus as her Saviour, tried to remove the impression made on the child’s mind by saying: “You are very young, Hannah; there is plenty of time yet for you.” So, as the child went upstairs to bed she said:
“Mother says there is plenty of time; the Holy Ghost saith, ‘TODAY.’
Hannah kept a little diary in which she jotted down important things that happened in her life day by day. After writing briefly her impressions of the address and quoting the text:
“The Holy Ghost saith, ‘TODAY,’” she wrote under it: “I will come to the Lord Jesus in a month’s time.”
Then she undressed and got into bed. She could not sleep, however, and at last got out of bed and wrote in her diary:
“I will come to the Lord Jesus in a week’s time.” But still she could not sleep. She turned from side to side while the Holy Ghost whispered in her ear: “TODAY.”
At last she could bear it no longer. Kneeling by the side of her bed, she yielded herself to the Lord Jesus and her heart was full of joy as she realized that He had forgiven her sins, and made her a child of God. How glad she was to be able to write now in her diary that she had yield to the Lord Jesus, and accepted Him today, and that He had saved her.
ML 01/16/1938