If I Had Known You
StoryHistorical Account★★★★Robert Louis Stevenson, when in the South Seas attempting to regain his
health, met the missionary, James
Chalmers. He later said that Chalmers
was one of the great men of that day.
“If I had known you when I was a
boy,” he told the missionary on one
occasion, “how different my life would
have been!”
Also attributed to: Unknown, Robert Louis Stevenson
The point
Robert Louis Stevenson tells missionary James Chalmers that his life would have been different if he had met him as a boy, illustrating the profound impact of a godly influence.
Scripture
Matthew 5:16Proverbs 27:17Hebrews 10:24Ephesians 5:16
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Sobering · Reflective
To tell aloud
under a minute · 51 words