Who's Approval Matters?

I remember when I was a boy how my dear mother would draw me to herself and speak to me so solemnly of the importance of trusting the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour, and I would say to her; "Well, Mother, I would like to do it, but the boys will laugh at me."

Mother used to say, "Harry, remember. They may laugh you into Hell, but they can never laugh you out of it."

And oh how that used to go home to me, and it stayed with me all through the years. Yes, men may sneer and ridicule and not understand us as we come out for Christ, but after all, His is the only approval worth having.

—H.A. Ironside