DEAR MRS. R—: I am so glad to say that I have taken the dear Lord as my own Saviour. He loves me, and I love Him. I know His love; He died for me on the cross. I, only a poor lost sinner. He washed me in His precious blood, and now I am as if born again, for all my sins are pardoned by Him. Many times I have thought of His love for me. Dear Miss S. (his governess) has brought me to Christ, and now I rejoice in Him.
Before I took Jesus as my Saviour I was very much afraid of death, but now if Jesus wants me I will die happily; and if He wants me to live, I will do it also happily.
I had a dream one night that was very frightening. I dreamt I was in bed and Satan was sitting at the foot of it. He was making all sorts of ugly grimaces. I was sitting up too—at least dreamt it. I was so scared that I screamed. Miss S. heard it and came in the room and asked me what was the matter. I told her, and she told me to think of Jesus and it would pass. I did, and soon went to sleep. Remember, I did not dream this after I was converted, but before.
Now I think that dream meant that Jesus wanted to show me something the way Satan looked like, so I would not obey him; but if it is not that, I wish somebody would interpret it for me.
Dear Mrs. R., everybody is enjoying the “Messages of Love” very much. I read it, and think it very helpful.
I have two or three questions to ask you; if you know them I wish you would tell them to me. The first one is, Do you know why Jesus doesn’t kill Satan—then there will be no more evil on earth, and everybody will go to heaven? I guess that is all for today, because I must close my letter to go down to the post-office to mail it and do other things. PAUL D. W.
P. S. Please write as soon as it is convenient for you.
ML 09/20/1903