THE girls in our picture, dear children, are enjoying a little recreation. It may be a holiday and they are having a little rest from their studies, and apparently are going to try to catch a few fish.
How thankful boys and girls should be to God for giving them the pure, fresh air, and streams of water, both of which are necessary for health.
There is one gift above all others for which we should be most thankful, that is, the gift of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and when children go away for a little vacation, how lovely to take the Lord Jesus with them.
Notice, dear ones, in our picture, the great log stretched across the stream. This gives the girls a solid footing, and they step upon it with assurance, knowing they are perfectly safe, but, in time, even this heavy timber will crumble and decay. Everything in this world will soon pass away, and how needful to have that which endures for eternity —a sure foundation, —your feet upon “The Solid Rock,” “and that Rock is Christ.”
Can you sing from the heart,
“On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand”?
Some young believer may say, I believe that I am upon the Rock, but oftentimes I fear and tremble, and am so troubled, lest, after all, I may sink, and be lost.
No, never, dear one, once your feet are upon the Solid Rock, Christ Jesus, nothing can touch your salvation. You may tremble, but the Rock is immoveable, and you are just as safe, as you will be in heaven.
“Safe in Christ, safe in Christ:
He’s their glory ever;
None can pluck them from His hand,
They shall perish never.
“THE LORD IS MY ROCK, AND MY FORTRESS, AND MY DELIVERER; THE GOD OF MY ROCK; IN HIM WILL I TRUST.” 2 Samuel 22:2,32And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. (2 Samuel 22:2‑3).
ML 09/07/1924