THE Sailor I will tell you about was one who had godly parents who went to be with the Lord while he was quite young. After his parents’ death he went on in a wild course till one day while talking to some others he used bad language, and a Christian man standing near heard him, and stepped up to him and said, “Young man if God had taken you at your word, where would you spend eternity?” He endeavored to get rid of that word, but it abode with him, as it had gone home like an arrow to his heart. He got no rest till he found Christ as his Saviour. It seemed, one day, as if a voice said to him, “Only believe, only believe.”
“Yes, Lord, I believe, help Thou my unbelief,” he said, and sprang out of bed. At that moment he believed, and peace filled his soul.
He was faithful in telling of Jesus to the rest of the seamen, and he was put into punishment for preaching without permission. But God used him there to bring many to the Lord Jesus. The fact that Jesus had shed His precious blood for him, took such a hold of him, that, he in response gave the rest of his life for the Lord.
Can you, dear reader, say, “He loved me and gave Himself for me.” If you can, may you say from the depths of your heart, “For me to live is Christ to die is gain.” It well becomes everyone who knows the Lord Jesus to give their all to Him.
“Were the whole realm of nature ours,
That were an offering far too small;
Love that transcends our highest powers
Demands our soul, our life, our all.”
“I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, THAT YE PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY, ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE.” Rom. 12:11I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (Romans 12:1).
ML 02/24/1918