SOME little children of christian parents wanted, at one time, to go to an exposition, so they asked their mother if they might go. The mother asked the Lord that night, to guide her in answering the children; so in the morning she handed each of the children a paper with questions for them to answer and return to her. These were the questions, with the answers the children wrote. —Was the Exposition or Fair got up by the Lord Jesus? No.
Would He go if He were here? No. What is the greatest sin that God holds this world guilty of? Killing His Son. What is one of the reasons for which the Lord gave Himself? Gal. 1:44Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: (Galatians 1:4).)
“Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.”
Write 1 John 2:15,1615Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:15‑16).—”Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
Write 1St John 2:28. — “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.”
Do you think it is right for christians to go to these places? No.
This was enough; the children then had no desire to go, as the Word of God had its effect on their consciences.
If little girls and boys would remember these questions and scriptures, how often they would be kept from going into places that would be displeasing to the Lord. E. B. H.
ML 09/17/1899