In a Street Car

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 17, 1903

“Jesus loves me, this I know.”

SWEET and clear rang out the childish treble. It was on a horse car. A little girl, between three and four years old, has been out visiting with her mother, and, being shy among strangers, has kept quiet till her prattling little tongue could stand it no longer. So, as soon as the horses began to trot and the bells to jingle, she began—

“Jesus loves me, this I know; For the Bible tells me so; Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but——”

The car stopped; so did the singer. Two or three passengers got in. Ding! ding! went the bell. Away went the car. Away went the singer—

“They are weak, but he is strong.”

A smile went round the car, but the little one, kneeling on the seat and looking out of the window, and therefore quite unconscious of it all, sang on—

“Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so!”

I do not know how many hearts were touched during that ride, which was quite a long one, and many passengers came and went. I do not know how many burdens were lifted, but I know that, while the song lasted, every one on the car heard the gospel message. Everybody listened; everybody smiled; there was not a frown; there was not a troubled look on any face. The simple story of Jesus and his love had driven them all away. At length the song ceased, the mother turned, the little head was resting against the window. The baby was fast asleep. She had “done what she could.”—Selected.