MANY years ago the missionary David Brainerd, decided to take the gospel to a fierce Indian tribe in New Jersey. He arrived in the evening and put up his tent near to their settlement. In the morning he would go into their camp. What he did not know was that the Indians had heard he was coming and were even now watching him. A party of warriors went out to kill him.
As they came near they saw he was on his knees. They also saw a huge rattlesnake creeping up toward him. It got right beside him and raised its head as if to strike. Then, all at once, it glided swiftly away. “The Great Spirit is with him,” they cried. The next morning he received a wonderful welcome when he reached the Indian village.
The Bible tells us that “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.” Psa. 34:7. It was so with David Brainerd and it is true of any child who puts his trust in the Lord Jesus today.
ML-04/11/1971