A young Scotchman, brought up under a godly mother’s care emigrated to the States, and became a cowboy in the Rocky Mountain region. He imbibed the teachings of Ingersoll and lived a careless, godless life. But one day he came across a sermon, the text of which was “How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?” (Jer. 12:5). The application of this pointed question brought home to him his mother’s early teachings and he was in great distress of soul. He saw a little Testament on his employer’s desk and took it out under the shade of a tree, but only became more distressed as he thought of his sins. Twice he drew his revolver to take his own life. Then he glanced down at the Testament. It was open, and in the goodness of God his eye fell upon John 6:37. He came to Jesus. He found that the Lord keeps His word, and Afterward spent much of his time proclaiming to others the truth of what that day he received alone with God.
ML-11/12/1978