Saved and Not Ashamed

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The Rev. George F. Pentecost tells of a timid little girl, who wanted to be prayed for at a religious meeting in the south of London. She wanted to come to Jesus, and said to the Christian man who was conducting the meetings; “Will you pray for me in the meeting, please? But do not mention my name.” In the meeting which followed, when every head was bowed and there was perfect silence, the gentleman prayed for the little girl, and he said: “O Lord, there is a little girl who does not want her name known, but Thou dost know her; save her precious soul.” There was stillness for a moment, and then away back in that congregation a little girl arose, and a pleading little voice said: “Please, it’s me; Jesus, it’s me.” She did not want to have a doubt. The more she had thought about it the hungrier her heart was for forgiveness. She wanted to be saved, and she was not ashamed to say: “Jesus, it’s me.”

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