A family of six sons had emigrated from Scotland with their mother and settled in New Jersey. Five of the fatherless boys were brought to know the Saviour, but the sixth remained obstinate, a constant sorrow and heartbreak to his mother. One day a neighbor sought to sympathize, and afterward remarked: “But why worry about John? Surely he isn’t worth worrying about? Let him go, specially when you have five fine boys.”
“Let him go!” cried the mother, rising to her feet, her eyes flashing fire, her whole being trembling, while the tears coursed down her cheeks. “I cannot — I will not let him go,” she exclaimed passionately. “I gave him to God when he was born and God will have him yet, even though He has to turn the world over to get him.”
Time passed on and that mother’s love and faith won through. Her prayers were answered gloriously. Her wayward son was converted. He rose to be a judge in one of the highest courts in America, and an honored Christian. Love had captured him. He knew that, despite his past, his mother’s love remained, and in that love he saw the love of Christ, ready to welcome, forgive, and bless him. It was this which dispelled all his fears and drew him in repentance to the Saviour—love, wonderful love.
How wondrous a SAVIOUR is God’s blessed Son!
How great and eternal the work He has done!
God’s glory maintained by His death on the tree,
While mercy flows freely to you and to me.
ML 10/08/1961