SOME of the buildings in a farmyard caught fire, and in spite of the efforts of the farmer and his men, some stacks and a barn and a number of animals were burned. When the fire was quite out the farmer returned to his farmyard to see what damage had been done.
While he was looking about he saw what looked like the charred body of an old hen. She seemed quite dead, but some slight movement must have caught the farmer's eye, and he stirred the body with his foot. Yes, the hen was dead, but from under her wings ran a brood of little chicks! She had died, but her chicks were safe and sound. No doubt she could have easily saved herself, but she willingly gave her own life for the lives of her little ones. They lived, because she had died.
This is a simple little story and it has a simple meaning. There was only one Person who had a right to live, and that was the Lord Jesus Christ. But He died on the cross so that we might live, and He lives to-day in heaven ready to bless all who put their trust in Him. To those who ask, He gives. Why don't you ask Him to bless you now?
L. M. B.