Bobbie, who was just four years old, and his little sister were left at home under the care of a neighbor while their father and mother went to London.
Hearing someone say that they were expected home by the next train, Bobbie slipped out of the house when nobody was looking and hurried to the station as fast as his little legs would carry him.
Just as he got there, he heard the whistle of the train away down the track, and he started off down the line to meet them. He didn’t think of his terrible danger—he just knew that his father and mother were on that train, and he wanted to see them. Jimmie, the paper boy, was standing on the platform, and he caught sight of the little fellow. At the risk of his own life, he jumped down and seized little Bobbie and sprang up onto the platform again just as the train roared in.
When Bobbie’s parents stepped off the train, they. found their son standing in the center of a crowd of people. They were soon told the story of how Bobbie had nearly lost his life, and you may imagine how the mother’s heart thanked God as she hugged and kissed her little lad. You may be sure too, that brave Jimmie, the paper boy, was thanked and rewarded for saving Bobbie’s life.
Do you know that you too, are in danger, unless you have taken Jesus as your Saviour? You may not know your danger, any more than Bobble did, but there is One who is watching you and He sees the danger, and wishes you to step into His outstretched arms and be saved.
ML 08/27/1950