ON a bright August morning, a little boy and girl were playing happily together. For a while, all went on well; then the little fellow saw a pretty flower growing on the edge of the cliff close by, and made efforts to reach it. Thick iron rails are put up, to keep boys and girls out of danger, but the little fellow quickly climbed over these, and was making his way toward the pretty purple flower, when his foot slipped, and in another moment he would have fallen over the cliff, into the depths below. Just at that moment, a man who saw the boy’s danger, ran forward, and with a strong hand, grasped him, and thus rescued him from death.
How many are lured on to eternal destruction, as that little boy was lured to the dangerous cliff, by some bright but passing pleasure, found in a forbidden path. God has guarded the, dangerous spot by warnings and barriers, yet sinners climb over, to secure their heart’s desire, even if it cost their souls, One from on high has seen the danger, and His strong hand is now outstretched to save. Have you been rescued from death and judgment by the hand of Jesus, my young reader? Can you say, “Great is Thy mercy toward me, for Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell”? Psalm 86:1313For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. (Psalm 86:13).
ML-10/06/1935