Pleading for the loving union of all his disciples. Oh, that they would be one! He had waited so long through centuries of strife! Could they not, would they not, come together? What were buildings and money and pleasure and power compared to justice and right, and love and truth and purity and peace? Unite! Unite! Love one another! The cry rang over them and into their hearts like an audible flame.

And there he stood. The Light from his figure now seemed to flow from him like waves of radiance. It enveloped the different races around him.

And the people now saw a wondrous thing.

He stood and stretched out both hands as in benediction. Representatives from China, Japan, Korea, Ceylon, Micronesia, Egypt, Turkey, South America, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, all America and Europe and Asia, and Africa, knelt at his feet.

Then as if with one accord, all the people fell upon their knees and bowed their heads.

The wind ceased. A voice on the platform began to sing “All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name.” The great kneeling, bowing audience of all nations took up the song. It swelled with its volume like an angel’s prayer. They knelt in silence after the song—how long, no man knew—but when they lifted their eyes and rose to their feet and looked up, Jesus was gone.

And back to the ends of the earth shall go the disciples of the Master to proclaim his coming to all the people, and the glad cry shall go up daily in the hearts of the sinning and suffering and needy souls of mankind all over the world:

“Jesus is here! Jesus is here!”

For is it not true, what he said? “And lo! I am with you always, even unto the end of the world!

He does walk the streets of the world today, and our hearts have a right to cry aloud as we do our work and bear our burdens:

“Jesus is here!”

THE END

About the Author

About the Author

James Stuart Bell holds an MA in English Literature from the University College Dublin in Ireland. He has contributed to The Complete Idiot’s Guide series and has compiled numerous inspirational story volumes.

Bell is the owner of James Bell & Associates, a literary development agency. His services include writing, editing, book packaging, acquisitions consulting, and author representation. Married with four children and six grandchildren, he lives in the western suburbs of Chicago where he is active in an Anglican church.

Charles M. Sheldon (February 26, 1857–February 24, 1946) is best known for his fictional work In His Steps, which introduced the world to the powerful phrase “What would Jesus do?” This saying started a widespread revival in Christian belief. The novel was based on a sermon series that Sheldon wrote in 1896.