THESE are the words of a little girl named Emma. When only a child, Emma was sent away from home to a private school which was conducted by a Christian lady, and while there she often heard of Jesus, and His love to little children; but Emma did not care to listen, and liked playing with her schoolfellows a great deal better.
After a short time, however, God made her feel how sinful she was, and also how kind Jesus had been to die for her. Then little Emma gave her heart to Jesus, and believed that He had washed away all her sins in His precious blood. Little girl as Emma was; she clearly understood the simple story of the Gospel, and it made her very happy to know that Jesus was her Saviour.
What do you think was the first thing she did after this? She wrote a letter to her mamma, telling her how happy she was, because she knew that Jesus loved her and had saved her; and Emma also said,
“Do you love Jesus, mamma?”
But Emma’s mother wrote to her, and said that she was too young a child to think about such things.
Then Emma sent a sweet, simple letter, containing these words,
“Mamma, dear, I’m not too young to die, so I’m not too young to believe in Jesus and be saved.”
I wonder whether any of my readers are boys or girls at school, and do they like to hear about the Lord Jesus, or do they not care for Him. Think of little Emma’s words,
“I’m not too young to die, so I’m not too young to believe in Jesus and be saved.”
ML 06/30/1918