A Good Resolve | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 30, 1868

A Good Resolve.

“MAMMA, when I am a man, I will begin to love Jesus.”

These words fell from the lips of a fine little fellow scarcely six years old.

His mamma had endeavored, time after time, to impress on his youthful mind the necessity of early piety; but, hitherto, all her persuasions seemed in vain.

When he uttered these words, she said, “But, my dear, suppose you do not live to be a man?”

He remained silent for some minutes, with his eyes fixed on the ceiling, as if in deep thought; and then, with a resolute countenance, added, “Then, mamma, I had better begin at once.”

Now, my dear young readers, will you follow Eddie’s example, and “begin at once?” There is no time like the present for serving the Lord. If you put it off a little longer, you will, perhaps, find that you have put it off a little too long. You have been frequently reminded in these pages, and perhaps by incidents occurring around you, that the youngest is not too young to die. But neither are you too young to give your heart to Jesus. If you go to him now, you will not regret it when you become men and women; but, on the contrary, will find God’s care and protection to be over you at all times, and that he fulfills his promises in ways that you cannot fully understand.—Early Days.