The nurse was a Christian and had been praying for Mary. How glad she was when God answered her prayers, and Mary was converted.
Then a new maid named Ellen came, and Mary and Ellen being about the same age, became great friends, Mary told all about her conversion and how happy she had been ever since.
It was plain that Ellen was interested, though not a believer.
“Nurse, I am sure the new maid is anxious about her soul,” said Mary one night.
“Why do you think so?”
“Because when I told her of my conversion last night there were tears in her eyes.
“Ask her to come up to the nursery and have a talk.”
Soon all three were seated in the nursey at their needlework while they talked. After a while Ellen burst into tears, and cried,
“I want to be saved, but what shall I do?”
“Look,” she said, “God loved and God gave. We believe and we have. Salvation comes to us through believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Do you see this ball of wool?” continued the nurse; “I give it to you.”
Ellen put out her hand and took it, and said, “Thank you.’’
“Just in the same way” said nurse; “accept God’s gift and thank the Giver.”
Soon Ellen was rejoicing in Christ, and that night she told the cook.
The cook repulsed the girl, and said she was mad, and that the nurse had made her crazy.
“O no” said Ellen, “I am not mad was lost, but now I am saved, and how can I help being happy?”
In the fullness of her joy she told her mistress, but alas! “not many noble” are called. The mistress rebuked her, and in a short time all the three Christians were dismissed. But if confessing Christ brought them dismissal from their earthly employer, what joy and reward will it bring to them in that day when the Lord of heaven shall confess their names in the presence of His Father and the holy angels, and tell of what they suffered out of love for Him.
ML 07/14/1940