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The Indian Girl and the Cross

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 9, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 41.

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The Indian Girl and the Cross

A missionary among the Indians tells of a poor little Indian girl who attended the mission school. She saw a picture of the crucifixion, and wished to know what it meant. The teacher told her as simply as she could the old but ever-new story of the cross. As she went on with the story, tears streamed down the face of the little girl, who did not speak for a while. Then her first words were, 'Me never want to do bad any more.' Her heart was so touched with the love of the Saviour who died for our sins that she resolved never to grieve him, but desired to please him perfectly. For the first time in her life she realized that her sin was against the loving Saviour. All real conviction of sin must have for its essence a clear conception that we are wronging God, grieving the divine heart.