Sammy Jones was a little colored boy just six years old. He was very sick, so his father had placed him in the children’s ward of a large hospital in our city.
I was visiting the children there one day, and as I passed Sammy’s bed he looked up. Thinking I was a doctor he asked, “Doctor, what kind of medicine do you have?”
I paused for a moment and then replied, “Sammy, I only have heart medicine! It is medicine to make your heart happy now and keep it happy forever.”
A smile came over Sammy’s face and he said, “Doctor, please give me a dose of your heart medicine.”
So I opened my Bible and slowly read: “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).
Then I asked little Sammy, “Do you know that the Lord Jesus died for you on the cross?”
“I know that He died on the cross,” Sammy replied, “but will He have me?”
“Well, Doctor, I know that Jesus never told a lie,” said Sammy, “so I will come to Him right now.” And he did come to the Lord Jesus. Happy boy!
Jesus died for little children,
All the children of the world;
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight;
Jesus died for all the children of the
world.
Dear young reader, do you too want some of God’s heart medicine? If so, then simply obey the words of the Lord Jesus: “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28).
ML 07/26/1959