A LITTLE girl was awakened about her soul at a gospel meeting where the story of the leper was told. Leprosy is a marked emblem of sin. It is a dreadful disease which soon covers the whole body. When any one became leprous in Israel he was obliged to go outside the camp, and when any one came near, his place was to cry “unclean! unclean!”
One day a poor leper came to Jesus and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
Well, this dear little girl, who was anxious, said, “I noticed that there was an ‘if’ in what the man said, but there was no ‘if’ in what Jesus said; so I went home and took out the ‘if’ and I knelt down and said, ‘Lord Jesus, Thou canst, Thou wilt make me clean; I give myself to Thee.’”
My beloved little reader, have you thus come to Jesus? And if not yet, will you come now? Oh; do come to Him! He can and He will make you clean; yes, whiter than snow. You are a sinner, and sin is a far worse disease than leprosy. Nothing can take it away but the blood of Jesus. Come to Him this very moment, for “Behold now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation.”
ML 02/22/1903