Immediate Decision

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One evening, in 1859, a young schoolmaster, intent only on fun and frolic, went to a prayer-meeting. He heard asked in the most solemn manner, the startling question: “How shall you escape if you neglect so great a salvation?” “Well, truly,” he said in his own mind, “that is a puzzle. I am neglecting the great salvation. I cannot escape.” He walked slowly home. He would like to be a Christian, he thought; but how could he? He must give up his wicked companions. How they would laugh at him if he did not go to the same places, and lead the same life as before! And then, if he took his stand among Christians, he would fall back again into sin; and what disgrace he would bring upon religion! A still small voice whispered to him: “My grace is sufficient for thee.” Then and there, on the road, on that calm summer night, he resolved, to use his own words, “to leave himself in the hands of Jesus, and set to his duty cheerfully.”

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