THE newspapers some time ago told the following incident of a little child, “Battered by icebergs and floes in the Atlantic Ocean where the steamship ‘Titanic’ sank, the passengers on board the steamship `Niagara’ momentarily expected for more than twenty hours that their steamer would go to the bottom. Perhaps the coolest person on board that steamer was little Anna Miller, eleven years old, of Newark, N. J. She went amongst the women and children, cheering them with words of assurance and comfort. When the excitement reached the highest pitch, this little girl fell on her knees on the deck and began to pray aloud. She was joined in this by nearly all the women and children and not a few of the men. The child led them in praying.”
This reminds us of another child, of whom we read in the Bible—the child Samuel, whom God used. It says, “And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of His words fall to the ground.” (1 Samuel 3:1919And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. (1 Samuel 3:19).)
And we read too of a little maid carried captive from Samaria who was used for blessing to her master, Naaman, the great captain of the host of Syria, who was a leper. (2 Kings 5.)
So to-day, also, God can use little children who love Him, to bring blessing to grown-ups. Won’t you ask Him to use you?
Messages of God’s Love 4/13/1919