PERHAPS nothing on earth resembles heaven more than a home where all the family are one in Christ—where His love abounds, His peace reigns, His will is the rule, and His glory the desire of each member of the family. Such a home was that of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Leigh. The father was the first to be born of God. It was in the little back street gospel hall, where much successful work was done for God, that the great change in his life took place. There he passed out of death into life by trusting in Jesus as his Saviour.
Some time afterward, an evangelist was conducting some gospel tent meetings in the town. Roland and his wife and children were present and afterward they had a testimony meeting. One of the little girls said to him, “It’s your turn now, Daddy,” and for the first time he got up and told of the saving, keeping, and separating power of the Lord Jesus. Bore the meeting was over, his dear wife entered a new life through believing on the Lord Jesus. Family prayer, so much neglected in many Christian homes, was begun, and it was the parents’ unspeakable joy around their own fireside to win their children to Jesus. Today, Roland is a leader in the work at the mission hall, and all the family are taking an active part as well. Such homes can only come through the preaching of the glorious gospel of the grace of God, and the guiding and sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit. May such homes increase in our beloved land, and in other lands as well.
He came one day to my poor door,
And knocked and called to me;
“Beloved, let Me in, that I
May sit and sup with thee.
Though I had naught to give Him,
For my house and board were bare,
My heart could not refuse His plea
Nor keep Him waiting there.
And so I opened Him the door,
And told my case, though loath,
He smiled and answered lovingly,
“I have enough for both.”
And from that blessed hour to this,
His friendship has not ceased;
Each day He sits and sups with me,
But He provides the feast!”
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold I freely give,
The living water—thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.
ML-04/13/1969