SEE this little fellow sitting in that clothes basket. His mother has put him there while she is doing some work nearby; of course she is net very far off, for Baby might fall over and hurt himself, or get into some other mischief. He is content, too, because his mother has put him there. Those who love us truly, always wish for our good. And now if his mother is a Christian woman, she will do still more for her little boy than to watch over him, that no bodily harm can come to him. She will watch over his soul; she will early bring him to Jesus, like some mothers did in Judea and Galilee; only SHE will bring him to the Lord Jesus in prayer, and as soon as he is old enough to understand, she will make him acquainted with the One who said, “Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” How blest are children who have Christian parents; parents who fear the Lord, who not merely say prayers, but who pray. Yes, how blest are such children who grow up in such an atmosphere—the word of God and prayer. Think what it is for one to have to say, “I have never heard a prayer in my parents’ home; I have never heard the joyful note of praise, or the word of God was never read in my hearing; I was never pointed to Jesus as a Saviour, loving and tender.” But many have learned to know the Lord Jesus after they left their father’s house; someone else pointed them to the Saviour and Lover of their souls.
Children, do not put off giving your heart to the Lord Jesus; the longer you wait, the harder will your heart get, moreover many of you know already that God’s time is “Now,” and that you have no promise for tomorrow.
“Thousands have fled to His spear-pierced side,
Welcome they all have been, none are denied;
Weary and laden, they all have been blest,
joyfully now in the Saviour they rest.”
Messages of God’s Love 1/19/1908