“Trust Me and I Will Bring You Over”

Some nine months ago the Lord laid it upon the hearts of some of His children to hold some gospel meetings at L―, a remote village in Essex, and much, very much blessing has been the result, many souls have been saved, and those who already knew the Lord have been led to know more of Him and His love. Some in this village were no better off than the heathen. Although they had a church and clergyman, they knew nothing about the Lord Jesus, and His way of salvation. One very cheering case came under our notice about four weeks ago. Our brother, Mr. M― (whom the Lord has been pleased to bless in telling out His message in this place), had been speaking from Revelation 20 of the books being opened and the great white throne being set up. One young man was present whom the Lord most deeply convicted of sin, and who was almost afraid to go home. Mr. M― pleaded with him to decide for Christ there and then, and it was a hard battle, for Satan was fighting a battle too, and would not let his prey go so easily, but blessed be His Name, Jesus is stronger than Satan and sin, and He gained the victory and gave this dear young man to know his sins were forgiven, and since then he has borne a bright testimony to the saving and keeping power of Jesus.
As soon as the Lord saved him, he wanted to know more of Him through His Word, but he had no Bible of his own. His wife had one, also his father (they have both been brought to the Lord during these meetings) but that wouldn’t suffice for him, and so after he had finished his work one night he walked to the nearest town — six miles — to buy one.
Dear friend, you who have the Word of God, may be in every room in your house (and perhaps in your head, too), do you value it enough to walk twelve miles for it? But now let me tell you of another soul whom the Lord has brought to Himself more recently still. I will give it a nearly as possible in her own words.
“I have had conviction of sin for several years past, and strong conviction for the past seven months. I was a sinner, one of the worst of sinners, and I felt myself so in the sight of a pure and holy God; but He has opened my eyes to know Him, praise His Name.
“I had a glorious dream on the 4th of April, 1896, ever to be remembered. I dreamed I was walking out with a friend that I well knew, and we were walking through such a dirty, muddy place, when all in a moment I lost my friend. I was left all alone and standing on the brink of a burning pit, and out of it came fire and smoke, and I could hear shrieks and cries of agonized people, and a very gruff voice said to me, ‘Thou must stop here; there is a great gulf fixed,’ and I felt myself sinking into the pit, when I just had a bird’s-eye view of a bright Being, brighter than the sun on a summer’s day; and oh! such a sweet voice said, ‘Trust me, and I will bring you over in a moment.’ I said,
“Jesus I will trust Thee;
Trust without a doubt,’
and before I could hardly say those words, I was borne over; but that bright Being I never saw any more, but I heard that sweet voice say, ‘Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.’
“Oh! it was a lovely place; it looked so bright, and I heard such beautiful singing and music, such as was never heard on earth, and I awoke with these words on, my lips:
“ ‘Believing one, rejoicing go,
There has to you been given,
A glorious foretaste here below
Of endless bliss in heaven.’
And, praise God, He has delivered me from the horrible pit and the miry clay.
“The devil tells me it is ‘only a dream, and that is nothing,’ but I know that all the devils in hell cannot undo what God has done. My children woke up this morning singing God’s praises upstairs, and I was singing them downstairs; and Jesus is going to keep me until the end, and then He has got a beautiful home ready for me. I shall have trouble and sorrows, but they will only be heaven’s distant lamps. I must say that Mr. M― was the instrument in God’s hand to my soul, and the barn at L― was none other than the house of God, and the very gate of heaven to me, and I do trust that this may lead millions to the feet of Jesus, for there we must go before we can know Him, And now, sound it (the gospel message) far and wide, and I will pray for my husband until he gets saved, and others too.”
I have given this as near as possible in Mrs. P.’s own words. She is bearing a very bright testimony to the sang power of Jesus, and is telling to all around what a dear Saviour she has found, or rather of the One who has found her.
And now, dear friend, why have we given you these incents out of many of our Lord’s gracious dealings? Is it just to while away a few moments of time and then forget all about it? No, a thousand times no!
Are you one of the Lord’s own children? Then we plead with you to pray for those dear people who are still unsaved in this dark village, and not only there, but for those who know not our Lord Jesus the wide world over.
But, dear friend, as you read these lines, are you unsaved? Still outside Christ? Then we would intreat you to come to this same Jesus, who is waiting with outstretched arms to receive you, and carry you over; you may have had greater privileges than those whom you have been reading about, but that will avail you nothing in the day of judgment, when the great white throne is set up and the books are opened, if your name is not in God’s book of life. But now while it is called today, we would lovingly urge you to come to Him who said, “Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37). And you shall find He is true to His word.
N. N.