(Continued from last week)
Will was sick for many days, while Mads never left his side. At last, when he was able to speak, Mads said suddenly one day with downcast eyes, “Why save Mads? Why not let Mads die? Is it Christian?”
Will smiled and nodded.
“Tell me,” said Mads vehemently, turning to hide his tears. “It is good. I be Christian too.” And Will, day after day as he grew better, told Mads the wonderful story of the cross, and taught him to pray. He told him how the Lord Jesus shed His precious blood to wash his sins away. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).
Before Will left Iceland poor Mads had found salvation, and knew that he too was a Christian, that the Lord Jesus was his own precious Saviour. He always carefully carried in his pocket Will’s little Bible, which, although he could not read a word of it, he regarded as his most precious treasure.
Will is now safe at home, but whenever with a shudder he thinks of Black Lake, he never forgets to give thanks that God, who is everywhere, was even upon those desolate shores, and heard his broken prayers for life and poor little Mads’ soul.
ML-01/23/1966