That made me feel very bad. I always try to act and live in such a way that children will feel at home with me. Evidently, however, something both ered him. I took the little fellow and we went over to one side of the church. I said to him, “Now, Jimmy, we’ll kneel down together. You tell the Lord Jesus anything you can. We’ll just talk with Him together. His father and mother were devoted Christians. I knew his parents had taught him things in the Scriptures. So he started to pray, “Jesus, I’m so glad You came to save me, and I’m glad that You went to the cross for me. I’m glad You died for my sins and suffered terrible for me.” He went on a bit more and then quit. I said, “Jimmy, why don’t you keep on praying?” He responded, “Uncle Walter,” for that is what they knew me by, “I just now saw Jesus. You did it for me.” You see, it had all been a theory with him before this time. He knew all the stories but suddenly the Holy Spirit revealed it to him in a wonderful way. He trusted the Lord and he was gloriously saved. When Jimmy was 18 his father put him in charge of a big grocery store. He was a very mature young man, and had developed welL Do you know what he did? Whenever he wrapped up a package he always put a Gospel tract in it. Or, he would put one in the grocery sack along with the sales slip. Everybody who came in that big store heard the message of eternal life from him. They all knew that •Jimmy was one of God’s children, saved by grace. We don’t fool any one. People certainly know whether or not we really are what we profess to be. They tell by the way we act and by the things that we do. In the Case of Peter, however, he was now with the company of Jesus’ enemies. This is the crowd that would take Him out to the cross and nail Him there. He stood there with this crowd. How miserable he must have been inside. (A real Christian will al ways be miserable in company with the world.) The maid said, “This is one of them.” How sad it is to realize
Biola. service awards were recently presented to employees of the Arizona Bible College by Hr. Donald Zahn, chairman of the Board of Management. From left to right: Hr. Paul Eyman, Mr. John Van Kommer, Mrs. Electa Oltrogge, Mr. Zahn, and Mr. Arthur Menzemer. that there are mothers and fathers who won’t let their children go to church at all. They never give them any encouragement in the things of the Lord, and frequently will even for bid them to attend Sunday school. How tragic this is. As a result, what else could one expect but that their offspring would turn against the Lord and have no time for the things of Christ. Another terrible thing is that children are taught things against God in so many places. I thank the Lord for Godly public school teachers. We need to pray for them. But there are so many who lead these young lives astray by their false instruction on such things as evolution. At one time, I was speaking at a fathers’ and sons’ banquet. One dad got up and told the other men how they ought to play with their boys, and listen to their boys, and sym pathize with their boys. He gave them some good points, too. (He had a 12 year old son.) When he sat down, the master of ceremonies called on his son to say a few words. He sort of stam mered and then said, “People, what my dad was telling you is unknown to me. He never has done any of those things with us.” My, what that did to the clowd. The boy knew his dad was only a hypocrite. The boy had to be honest when he was ’put on the spot. Children can’t be fooled; what about us, beloved? As others look at you, particularly those who have never received the Lord as their Saviour, can they say, “This is one of them.” 16
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