Some time ago when we were visiting in a village we called to see a friend named Mrs. Fulton. She was out, and the only person in the house was her daughter Alice, whom we had not met before. We had a solemn talk with her about her soul and about eternity. After some time, she began to cry, for she began to feel that she had never taken Jesus as her Saviour, and the thought of her sins troubled her. Have you ever been troubled about your sins? You are going to have to meet God someday, and He has a record of everything that you have said and done. When we saw that Alice was so unhappy about her sins, we read to her from. our Bible, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). Still she continued to cry, so we gave her one more verse, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31).
A week later we were in the same village again, and we met Alice on the street. At once she said, “I would like you to come with me and visit Mrs. Coleman, she is dying.” We went with her gladly, and as we were returning from the visit, Alice said, “Do you think Mrs. Coleman is saved?”
I told her that she had said that she was trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ, and remarked that it was a very solemn thing to leave the question of salvation till the very last hour. Then I turned to Alice and said, “But what about yourself, Alice, are you saved?”
“Yes, I am saved. After you left me a week ago, thought about what you had said, and that verse settled it, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.’”
A few weeks later, one dark foggy night in March, Alice was sent with a message to a neighbor’s house. She bad been there before and knew the road quite well. As she went out of the house, a dear Christian who was in the room made a remark about trusting in the Lord. With her hand still on the handle of the door, Alice turned round and said happily, “I do trust Him,” And those sweet words were almost her last on earth. She went to the neighbor’s, delivered her message, and was heard running quickly back. But the night was very dark and it was so foggy that she missed the path and fell right into the river. Her brother, who was walking near the bridge at the time, heard a loud scream and a splash, and he ran quickly for help. But the fog was so heavy that nobody could find the little girl until the morning light.
Tell me, dear reader, do you think Alice ever regretted that day when she took God at His word, and accepted His salvation? Never!
Arid now I ask you, if God were to call you thus suddenly into eternity, where would you he? May you be able to say right now, “I do trust Him.”
ML 08/13/1950