IT WAS a warm summer day and Anna thought she would like to take a ride. Her father owned a large black horse and Anna always chose him when she wanted to go horseback riding.
This horse had never run away with her before, but something in the road frightened him and away he went. As they neared a farm house, Anna called loudly for help and the people all hurried gut to see if they could stop the horse. Evan the little children are very worried and want to help too.
Fido, the dog, knows there is something wrong, and the mother duck with her little family is very frightened and is trying to get into a place of safety. Dick, only a young boy, has a hold of the harness but he is not strong enough to stop the horse at once. His father is running fast and will soon be where he can help Dick hold until he is quiet again.
Surely Anna will be very thankful to all of these kind people for helping her; for she might have been thrown from the horse and badly hurt.
Dick is a brave boy and always tries to help people who are in danger, without thinking of himself.
We should take a lesson from Dick and his father. There are people, old and Young, all around us, who are in greater danger than Anna was; for their souls, instead of their bodies, are in danger.
Are we as anxious about these dear souls as this father, mother and even the little children were about Anna? Are we trying to lead them to Jesus before it is too late and the precious souls lost? In the word we read, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Cor. 6:22(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (2 Corinthians 6:2). As “now” is the time for sinners to be saved; so “now” is the time for those who know the Lord to serve Him, for we know not what a day may bring forth.
Even a little child may be used by the Lord to bring sinners to know that they are lost and are in need of a Saviour.
Is there a little soul that pants
To taste redeeming grace,
And longs to pour out all its wants
Before thy Saviour’s face?
He is a kind and gracious Lord—
Love fills His gentle breast;
“Come unto me” is His own word,
“And I will give you rest.”
ML 10/14/1906