A JEWISH BOY'S PROMISE

     Samuel and Peter were little Jewish boys. Their father was a Protestant preacher. He had been converted from the Jewish faith and now believed that Jesus was the promised Savior.

     They lived in a big town and the boys did not have a very easy time in school. The other boys often called them [names], and did mean things to them; some Jewish boys mocked them because their father preached, and some so-called Christian boys mocked them because they were Jews, so school was not very pleasant for them.

     Then one day little Peter was taken very sick. He had to stay in bed all the time; every day the doctor came, but Peter got no better.

     Samuel could not go to school because his brother was sick, and he got so lonesome. And the days were so long. Every day and every day the doctor came, but Peter got no better.

     Samuel became alarmed. What if his brother should die? He was not allowed in the sick room, just a peep through the partly opened door, and that only once a day.

     Now Samuel had not really given his heart to the Lord, he just wanted to be a good boy; but as he thought of his brother dying and leaving him, he made up his mind that he would really be in earnest about being a Christian.

     He went off alone to a room, and there he promised God if he would make Peter well again that at the next revival meeting, he would go to the altar and really give his heart into God's keeping, just the very best he knew how.

     Day after day he waited to see how his brother got along. Then one morning his mother said, "I think you may go in and see Peter today, he is much better." What a happy time!

     Sure enough in a few weeks at a revival meeting, Samuel went forward and had the Christian people pray for him, and promised he would always be God’s boy.

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