I NEVER thought I was such a coward! Afraid to tell my own sister that Christ has saved me, and that I am now His follower. But I will do it yet. It must never he said of me, that I was ashamed to own my Lord."
The youth was a school boy, home for his summer vacation, and just taking a ramble in the woods with his sister. Every path and tree was familiar to them both from earliest years.
Through the earnest testimony of a schoolmate, Harold had been brought to accept and confess the Lord Jesus as his Saviour, and his prayer had been that he might have grace given to confess Christ at home, especially to his only sister, two years younger than he, the first day he got home.
During their ramble through the woods, he had more than once made an attempt in a general way to introduce the subject, but this had done no more than arouse the curiosity of his sister Grace, who was quick enough to see there was something more which Harold either could not or did not tell.
After tea, they were walking together in the garden, and again the desire came to confess Christ, and this time he silently prayed,
"Lord, give me strength to do so."
That prayer was heard, as surely as the angel was sent to strengthen Daniel of old, so did strength come to the converted school boy.
Taking his sister by the arm, he quietly said,
"I have given myself to the Lord Jesus since I was home last, Grace, and He has made me very happy. I wish you knew how good it is to be on the Lord's side, having Him with us always, helping us in everything."
Grace was silent she scarcely knew what to reply, but in her heart she was glad to hear Harold's confession,
They had been brought up in a godly home, and been familiar with the Gospel and the Word of God from their early days, but like many others in a similar position, neither of them had personally appropriated the Gospel for their own salvation, or confessed Christ as their personal Saviour and Lord—not till Harold's conversion at school, which Grace had now heard for the first time.
The effect of that clear and simple testimony was joy and peace to the young believer's own heart, and it was used by God to stir up a slumbering anxiety in regard to the things of eternity in his sister. She was ready and glad to accept the same Saviour as her brother rejoiced in, which she did and was saved also.
Messages of God’s Love 12/15/1929