THERE was once a farmer who had a carriage and two splendid horses, of which he was very proud. This was before the days of automobiles. One day the horses were frightened by something and bolted. Though they were headed for the fields where no one could have been injured, the farmer jumped out and tried to catch them, but he was fatally injured before he stopped them.
As he lay dying, his brother said to him, “Oh, Jack, how foolish you were to stop the horses.”
“Look in the back” was all the dying man could say. There in the back of the carriage, fast asleep, lay his little son. The father had given his life to save him.
Does not this remind us of One who laid down His life to save us from a far greater danger — the loss of our souls? Is your soul in His safe keeping, dear young friend?
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.... For if, when we were enemies, we were recoiled to God by the death of His Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” Rom. 5:8, 108But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Romans 5:10).
ML-02/28/1960