We don’t very often see silent, little girls, do we? I mean little girls who never say a word, for they are usually regular little chatterboxes! However, I want to tell you the story of a little colored girl who was deaf and dumb, for she could neither hear a word, nor speak one. She lived in far-away Demerara, and one day she came to Mrs. Higgins’ school because she wanted to learn to read!
The teacher was greatly puzzled, and thought it would be impossible for her to teach the child. She herself could not speak by signs with her fingers, so she shook her head, and made motions for the dear little colored girl to go back home. The little girl was not easily discouraged, however, and refused to leave the school. So Mrs. Higgins sent at once to England for the deaf and dumb finger alphabet.
When the alphabet arrived, the teacher was astonished to see how quickly the child learned, and before long she was learning to read the New Testament, God’s precious Word. As she read, her little heart was opened to receive God’s message to her. She learned that she was a sinner, and needed a Saviour. More blessed still, she found that the Lord Jesus had died on the cross, and shed His precious blood to wash away all her naughty sins, for “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). She let the Lord Jesus come into her heart, accepting Him as her own precious Saviour.
One day, using her fingers, this dear little girl said to her kind teacher, “Missie, me so happy. You would think when me walk out, that there were two people in the road. It is Jesus and me! He talk and me talk, and we two are so happy together.”
Dear reader, is the Lord Jesus your precious Saviour, too? He longs to be your Companion on the road of life, as He was to that dear little deaf and dumb girl in Demarara.
ML 05/23/1953