“JAMES, I WANT YOU TO COME AND SEE ME AT SIX O’CLOCK, AFTER YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORKS.
YOUR’S FAITHFULLY,——.”
Promptly, at the time, the young man went to his employer, who had written him the above letter. When he entered the office, after a pause the gentleman looked up from his desk, and inquired, “Do you wish to see me, James?”
Somewhat surprised, holding out the note he had received, he said, “Here is the letter you sent me.”
“Oh! I see; you got my letter. When I sent you the message, you came at once. You believed I wanted to see you.”
“Yes, sir, surely; what else could I do?”
“Well, James, you did quite right to come. See, here is another letter for you; will you attend to that?” At the same time handing him a paper which he had written. James took the paper, and read, “COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND, I WILL GIVE YOU REST.”
As he read his lips quivered, his eyes filled with tears. Thrusting his hand into his pocket, he grasped his handkerchief, with which he covered his face, and stood there, not knowing what to do. At length he said, “Am I just to believe in the same way that I believed your letter?”
“Just in the same way,” was the reply.
That night James saw it all, and went home a happy believer in his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He saw that he had to believe God, and give Him the same credit and confidence that he would give to the word or message of any trustworthy, business man that he met with in his daily life.
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ML 04/22/1900