ABOUT ten months ago, a boy about fourteen years old came into our Sunday School, and took his place among the boys on the front seat.
Someone remarked as he entered, “That is the worst boy in our day school. You will surely have trouble with him.”
The thought came to me, He is just the one the Lord came to seek and to save, and from the first moment I saw him, my heart went out to him; he had a bright face, with large brown eyes.
We shall never forget the expression of that face, as the wonderful love of the Lord Jesus was told out, and the invitation given to the unsaved to come to Him. He sat there, his large eyes fixed upon the speaker, with mouth wide open, drinking all in. This poor boy had never heard before of the Lord Jesus, as the Saviour of sinners.
He had no Bible; could not repeat a text of Scripture, and I am told, only mentioned Jesus’ name in an oath. So terrible was his record, that we were afraid to have our boys with him; afraid his example would have its bad effect upon them.
However, the Lord had His eye upon this boy. He has been attending Sunday School for ten months, never missing a Sunday except for sickness, and has been, during that time the best behaved boy in the school. He has a Bible now, and values the Word of God. He has always reminded me, of the little Gypsy boy, who said,
“Nobody ever told me before.”
Now, we have every reason to believe, that through grace, he is the Lord’s. One Sunday afternoon he remarked,
“I now know the Lord Jesus, as my own Saviour.” How our hearts were comforted in hearing this simple confession. This dear boy has a new life now, and that life is seen by others. He no longer shows the desires of the old life, but the new life is now manifested.
Many of our dear ones have been attending Sunday School for years, and yet have not accepted Christ. How often you have listened to the old, old story of God’s grace, and Jesus’ love, and have treated them with indifference. May the Holy Spirit awaken you to a sense of what you are, and where you are, and give you faith to trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
ML 08/31/1924