Some years ago in a cozy sitting-room at D., might have been seen a young girl, sitting by the fire, weeping, and yet to judge by appearances few had less cause for sadness than Amy.
She was a beautiful girl, and generally she seemed to be the happiest of the large happy family, living in this pretty little village. But Amy had early been taught that though so sweet and amiable naturally, she needed to be saved and to get right with God, and the most important thing in life was to know one’s sins were forgiven—washed away in the precious blood of the Lord Jesus.
God, who had already begun to work in her young heart, was watching over her, and the message of peace she was wanting was soon coming. As she continued sitting despondently by the fire. Amy heard her father’s cheery greeting to someone at the door. Amy recognized the voice in reply, of an earnest young preacher, who had been having meetings in the district, and fervently had she longed while listening to him, to know for heelf that she was right for eternity, and to know the Lord as her own Saviour. The preacher was explaining that he was on his way to a village a few miles away, so he gladly accepted the hearty invitation to have some tea before going further. Amy realized at once that in a moment he would be in the sitting-room, and much as she would like to have made her escape, she saw it was impossible. She quickly dried her eyes, but, of course, was not able to remove the traces of her tears.
“Aren’t you well today?” inquired he in his kindly way.
“O,yes, thank you,” answered Amy.
“Then what is the matter? Do you want to be saved?” said the preacher, with the quick intuition of one whose sole object in life is the salvation of souls.
“Yes,” replied Amy, “I want to be saved more than anything else in all the world.”
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.”
“You follow that, now, don’t you?” “O, yes,” replied Amy, as she quietly listened to the familiar words.
“Then listen, ‘That whosoever believeth on Him should not perish,’ but what”—”
“Have everlasting life. I do believe on Him, so I must have everlasting life,” cried Amy, as the light suddenly shone on this well-known text. “And I am saved. O, I am glad.”
Thus another soul was brought to God, and before very long every member of that bright young family turned to the Lord, trusting Him as his or her own Saviour.
ML 09/10/1939