Audrey : $b or, Children of lightWalton, O. F., Mrs.
Religion
Audrey : $b or, Children of light
Walton, O. F., Mrs.
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Children and death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Juvenile fiction
"The bridge," said Granny Robin quietly; "you have several bridges over
your river—I have only one over mine."
"Is it the pay bridge?" asked Stephen.
"No, it's the free bridge," said Granny Robin, smiling—"'without money
and without price.'"
"What is its name, Granny Robin?"
"Christ Jesus," said the old woman reverently. "Did not He say—"
"'I am the way; no man cometh unto the Father but by Me?'"
"Tell me how you got across," asked Audrey.
"I came to Jesus," said the old woman. "I said to myself, 'My Lord is
not far away in heaven; He is close beside me in this room, standing
by my side, waiting for me to come to Him. I cannot take myself across
into the Kingdom of Light, but He can take me. He died on the cross
that He might be able to take me. I will trust myself to Him. Hundreds
of others have crossed by this bridge, and have crossed safely; I will
cross also. I will come to Christ to be saved by Him alone.' And,
children, I did cross, and here I am," said the old woman, smiling
again.
"I want to go into the Kingdom of Light," said little Stephen, laying
his small, thin hand on Granny Robin's.
"Trust yourself to Him this night, Stephen," she said; "you and Audrey,
both of you. Tell Him you want to come to Him, just now, that He may be
your bridge, and take you safe over from the Kingdom of Satan to the
Kingdom of the dear Son, the blessed Kingdom of Light."
And with a child holding each hand, the old woman knelt down and prayed—
"O Lord, Thou art close beside us, and we come to Thee. We want, each
one of us, to belong to the Kingdom of Light. Little Audrey and Stephen
are coming to Thee now; Thou art the way to God. We trust ourselves to
Thee to be saved. Thou hast taken many others out of the darkness and
into the light. Lord, we believe Thou wilt take us, just now, just as
we are. As we kneel here, hand in hand, we trust ourselves to Thee.
Lord, take us now, we do beseech Thee. Amen."
And then, as they sat beside her, and as she went on with her knitting,
Granny Robin sang softly—
"Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night,
Jesus, I come—Jesus, I come!
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my sickness into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee!"
"Now, Audrey and Stephen," said Granny Robin, "if you have come into
the Kingdom of the dear Son—the Kingdom of Light—you must remember what
you are."
"What are we, Granny Robin?"
"Children of Light," said the old woman, smiling. "Isn't that a
beautiful name?"
"It sounds like an angel's name," said little Stephen.
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