THE EXTRA STEP THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE A
Christian woman, laboring among the moral lepers of London, found a poor street girl desperately ill in a bare, cold room. With her own hands she ministered to her, changing her bed linen, procuring medicines, nourishing food, a fire, and making the poor place as bright and cheery as possible, and then she said, “May I pray with you?” The girl said, “No! You don’t care for me; you are doing this to get to heaven.” Many days passed, the Christian woman unwearily kind, the sinful girl hard and bitter. At last the woman said, “My dear, you are nearly well now, and I shall not come again, but as it is my last visit, I want you to let me kiss you.” And the lips that had known prayers and God’s Holy Word met the lips that had known oaths and unholy caresses — and then the girl’s heart broke. That was Christ’s way. Adapted…
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