Mr. J. Denham Smith was a Christian preacher and wrote the hymn:
Rise, my soul! behold, ’tis Jesus,
Jesus fills thy wondering eyes;
See Him now in glory seated,
Where thy sins no more can rise.
Mr. Smith had a little boy named Willie. One day the family were singing another lovely hymn:
Now I have found a Friend,
Jesus is mine!
His love will never end,
Jesus is mine!
He will my wants supply,
His precious blood is nigh,
None can my hope destroy,
Jesus is mine!
But Willie was not singing at all. Afterward he said to his mother, “Don’t sing that song any more. I can’t sing it because Jesus is not mine.”
The next morning when Willie did not come down for breakfast, his daddy went upstairs and he found his little son kneeling by his bed.
“When is the next children’s meeting, Daddy?” asked Willie. “Next Friday.”
When Friday came, Willie was at the meeting, listening carefully to all that was said. After the meeting, he went to his father’s side and said happily, “Now I can sing, that ‘Jesus is mine!’ "
During the meeting Willie had trusted the Saviour as his own. Years passed and he went on faithfully, a bright happy Christian.
Can you truthfully say or sing with others, “Jesus is mine!"?
If you trust in Him as your Saviour, then you, too, will be able to sing, “Jesus is mine!” He loves you and died for you upon the cross. He wants to save you and be a friend, for He said, “Suffer little children to come unto Me.”
ML-11/21/1976