A BAD, passionate man was one morning swearing at his wife, when his little girl of five years old came into the room and said, “Mother, I know my text; let me make haste to school.” “What is the text, my dear?” said the poor mother, wishing to keep her child from hearing the oaths of the father.
“Bless, and curse not,” said the little girl, putting up her rosy mouth to her father for a kiss as she finished the words.
The tears came into the man’s eye as the child went away. All that day, “Bless, and curse not,” (Rom. 12:1414Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. (Romans 12:14)) rang in his ears. God had spoken to him by the mouth of a little child, and he became a changed man from that time.
Our dear little Friends;—
We shall be very glad to have letters from you asking questions about Scripture, and shall endeavor to answer them through this paper or privately if preferred. And will be pleased to hear if you have found the Lord Jesus as your own Saviour. J. T. A. 4431 Garfield Ave., St. Louis.
Repeat the verse in large letters every day this week and recite next Lord’s day.
ML 08/09/1899