I WAS sitting in the dining room reading my Bible, when a little girl, whom I shall call Mary, came in for some school book which she had left there. She was about seven years of age. As soon as she saw me in the room she came to me as usual, and we soon began to speak about Jesus.
As we were speaking, I said, “Suppose the Lord were to come tonight, Mary?”
She immediately replied, “Oh, it would be all right, Mr. E., I should go with Him.”
“Should you, indeed?”
“Yes, I should.”
“But what about all your sins, Mary?”
“Oh, Jesus has washed all my sins away in His blood.”
“Never you don’t mean it, do you?” I said, feeling a little surprised.
“Oh, yes, I do.”
“You would not be afraid, then, if Jesus were to come today?”
“Oh, no, not at all.”
“Well, tell me, when did this take place—when did you first come to know that all your sins were forgiven?”
“It was when you were here last year, one Sunday evening, just before I got my supper.”
“Indeed!” I said, expressing more surprise than ever.
“Yes,” she replied; “and would you like to know the verse?”
“Very much,” I replied. So she jumped upon a chair and reached the Bible, and turning over its leaves, she found John 5:24, and read it to me: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
As soon as she had finished reading, she looked up and said, “That was the verse. It was that night you preached from that text, and spoke about the five beautiful pearls linked together. I was never sure till that night, but I have never doubted it since.”
I could only lift up my heart to God, to thank Him for revealing His truth to babes, while it is hidden from the wise and prudent. (Matt. 11:25.)
Now, I would ask my readers to take their Bibles and read John 5:24. Look carefully at the verse, and note the five things that Jesus has linked together: HEARETH, BELIEVETH, HATH, SHALL NOT, IS, and remember that any person who hears the word of Christ, and believes the Father who sent Jesus, gets the other three blessings, for they are all linked together, like five beautiful pearls on a gold ring. And whoever gets one or two gets all, for they go together. W. E.