SOME years ago there was a Japanese sentenced to be executed for some crime he had committed. God who does not desire the sinner’s death, but that he should repent and live, had thoughts of this criminal’s salvation.
Who do you think was the servant whom He used to lead this poor man to the Saviour? It was an eleven-year-old, believing Japanese girl! Her parents had been heathen, but were saved through faith in Christ, and through her parents she had heard and believed the gospel, and now desired to do something for her Saviour; she wanted to be a fruitful branch, (John 15).
When she heard of the sentence of this poor man, she first prayed for his soul; but she was not satisfied with this, but begged of her parents a tract to send to the director of the prison. She chooses the booklet, “The last days of Daniel Mann,” which was translated from the English into the Japanese.
It was this booklet she sent to the prison director, with the request to give it to the sentenced man. This touched the poor man’s heart, and he read it and was deeply interested. God blessed the contents of the booklet to the man’s soul. He saw that not only had he sinned against man, but he had sinned against God. He owned his guilt, and received Christ as his Saviour, —was saved and rejoiced in Him. He wrote a letter to the little girl through whom, by the grace of God, he had been won for the Lord Jesus Christ, and now belonged to Him. After thanking her for her interest in his eternal welfare, he wrote,
“Of the 50 millions of Japanese, you are the only one who thought of my soul, and now I am saved.”
Was not this happy work for the Lord, dear children? Did not this little girl use to good advantage her “pound” to serve her Redeemer? Would you not like to do likewise? (Luke 19:12-1712He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 15And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. (Luke 19:12‑17)).
May we not, all of us who have accepted the Lord Jesus as our own Lord and Saviour, let others know of Him too? Of all that He has accomplished on Calvary’s cross, and that He in His great love, is now calling to every poor sinner to come to Him for salvation.
We can hand out tracts, and send them out through the mail, asking the Lord to bless them to the ones to whom they are given or sent, and that they in their turn may be used in blessing to many other people.
ML 06/28/1925