July-September
An amazing experience is told of a minister who went to visit a dying woman in Nottingham, England. When he found her rejoicing in Christ as her Saviour, he asked how she had found the Lord. “Reading that,” she replied, handing him a torn piece of paper.
Examining the paper, the minister recognized that the writing on it was an extract from one of Charles Spurgeon’s famous sermons.
“Where did you find this newspaper?” he asked.
“It was wrapped around a parcel sent to me from Australia,” she replied.
Thus the good news made a circle around the globe—a sermon was preached in England, published in the U.S.A., sent to Australia, and then used as wrapping paper sent back to England. Hardly a coincidence!
God declares, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” (Isaiah 55:9–11).
Dear young person, it is no accident that this Youth Messenger is in your hands. In this little paper you can find precious gems of practical advice and inspiration to help and guide you in making faith-filled decisions in life. Imagine it as a blessing from Heaven. After you finish reading, share it with someone else. Why?
“The truth is to be sown beside all waters; for we know not which shall prosper, this or that. In our erring judgment we may think it unwise to give literature to the very ones who would accept the truth most readily. We know not what may be the good results of giving away a leaflet containing present truth.”—Christian Service, p. 153.
Who knows—it may end up going around the world.