Two young men started out by the first train in the morning, to the city of Toronto. Tom, the younger of the two, was going to start work in a factory there, and his brother George went with him to help find a boarding-house.
George was a Christian young man, and he had been praying that his brother Tom might be truly converted before he started work. Several times as they journeyed together, George tried to speak to his brother about this matter, but Tom seemed much too interested in the great sights they would see that day.
The day passed quickly, and. late in the evening the two brothers stood at a busy crossing where they were to part.
They stood in silence. Torn was beginning to feel a bit lonely, for he had spent very few nights away from home. George was praying for his brother for he didn’t want to leave him unsaved.
“Good-by, Tom—I wish we could have parted brothers in the Lord. And I wish that even now you would take Jesus as your Saviour.”
Tom’s eyes kept looking down at the sidewalk, and presently a tear rolled down his cheek. George reached into his pocket and pulled out his Bible.
“Tom, you can be saved right here as easily as anywhere else. Let me show you the verse that led me to the Saviour. ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death. unto life.’” John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24).
George read these words under the light of the street lamp, and Torn followed carefully. After a moment’s pause, Tom reached out his hand and grasped George’s.
“Yes, George, I will come to Jesus, I do come to Jesus right here and now. I do receive Him as my Saviour.”
Years have passed since that night, and Tom is still in business in Toronto. His happiest work is to tell others of that Saviour whom he first trusted that night long ago.
Reader, have you made a decision for Jesus Christ? Are you saved for eternity?
ML 02/19/1950