A MOTHER was busily employed in her household work, one forenoon; she looked sad, for she had a heavy heart. Her husband had newly entered into business, and the affectionate wife and mother had anxious thoughts as to whether he would succeed. In a word, though a child of God, she was under a cloud by letting her mind think over her trouble, instead of the love of Christ and her Father's care. Her little daughter, a child of about four years old, looked anxiously at her mother, as she moved about the room so gloomily, and not in her usual manner singing some hymn of praise or chatting to her little one. All at once the child cried out, “Ma! sing to God ; He is strong."
The words came as a direct message from God to the mother's soul, chiding her for her
unbelief, but reminding her of her "Strong Tower. “When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I," became her prayer. The load was lifted from her heart, the cloud pierced by a glad ray from His presence; she could now sing in a fresh sense of His love. When the father came in to dinner he was greeted with a smile, and told how God had
used the words of his little one to remove the shade of unbelief from the mother's heart. She was “made strong," and could sing aloud to God her strength. (Psalm 81:11<<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.>> Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. (Psalm 81:1)) T. R. D.