I WONDER how many of my little readers can tell me of some creatures they feed. One of you says, “I have a little kitty that drinks every day the milk I put in her saucer.”
Another says, “My big dog is always ready after dinner for the bones and scraps that are left for him.”
Now I hear a little voice saying, “Every morning the birdies come and take the crumbs we feed them from the window.”
Two years ago this summer, I was in the country where there was a precious little girl who has since gone to be with the Lord. After dinner we took some food out to a small pig in the barn. As the pig ate its dinner, my little friend climbed up on the bars in front of it and said, “See the dear pig!” This was her pet.
In our picture the pets are a calf and some geese. They are quite tame and eat from the hand of the kind girl whom they love.
Some of you can mention still other pets, such as rabbits, chickens, and horses. But they all have to be fed. Every living creature, we amongst the rest, must have food.
Children, do you know that your soul needs food as well as your body?
It is the food you eat that makes you grow up from little boys and girls into men and women. Can you tell me what makes your soul grow?
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” Then we must feed on Him if we want to grow.
Perhaps some of you ask how we can feed on Jesus. It is by reading God’s word and thinking about what we read, and meditating on all we find in it about the love, the grace, the mercy, the holiness, the obedience, the wisdom, and the wondrous, perfection of our blessed Saviour.
I hope none of you will forget that you need, every day, this spiritual food. The more you read God’s blessed word, the more precious it will become to you, and the more you will grow in wisdom, love, and grace.
“THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.” Ps. 119:105.
ML 08/21/1904