THE JOHN DUCHARME family of Winnipeg will long remember King, their faithful German Shepherd dog. Big brave King was the means of saving the life of their little two-year old daughter, Sandra Lee.
During a terrible blizzard that raged one Saturday afternoon last winter fire broke out in the Ducharme home. Little Sandra was inside the house with King, while her mother and father were outside in the driveway.
The parents were unaware that anything was wrong until Mrs. Ducharme heard King whining inside the home. Opening the front door she found the house full of smoke, and little Sandra was lying before the door, her face all burned. The faithful King was by her side. He had dragged the little girl to the front door from where her mother pulled her to safety.
When Mrs. Ducharme returned with her husband to the front door, King had disappeared. John ran inside the home calling for King, but the dog never came. Then John had to flee outside because of the smoke and flames.
When the firemen arrived shortly after and put out the fire, they found brave King dead, suffocated from the smoke.
Little Sandra was taken into the hospital and treated for minor smoke burns. She was soon all right again, however, running around and wondering where her loved playmate and faithful protector had gone.
The story of a gallant dog's faithfulness and devotion only leads our thoughts to the more wonderful story of Jesus who when we were yet sinners died for us. King loved his little charge and gave his all for her. The Lord Jesus loved us, guilty sinners, and died to save us from the "devouring fire" and those "everlasting burnings" (Isa. 33:1414The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? (Isaiah 33:14)).
Lord of the brooding blue.
Of pleasant summer skies,
Lord of each little bird
That through the clear air flies,
'Tis wonderful to me,
That I am loved by Thee.
Messages of the Love of God 7/6/1975