In days when Bibles were not so cheap or so plentiful as they now are, a boy was very anxious to procure a Bible of his own. He went to a Sunday school, but he had no Bible at home, nor had he any money to buy himself one. But Pattie prayed to God to give him a Bible, and God heard his prayer.
One day while he was wading in the sea, gathering bait for his father’s fishing lines, he saw a book floating on the water. On picking it up, he found it was a Bible, which had evidently been lost from a passing ship. Pattie rejoiced in being the possessor of God’s blessed. Book, and read it eagerly.
He was saved, and became a true follower of Christ. He told to boys and girls in the Sunday school, the story of Jesus and His love.
What a grand thing it is to be saved, and a lover of the Book of God, whether we are young or old. This is the only way to a holy, happy and useful life, and there is no other road to Heaven and God, but through the Lord Jesus as Saviour.
“Here’s a message of love
Come down from above,
To invite little children to heaven;
In God’s blessed Book
Lost sinners may look,
And see, how all sins are forgiven.
ML 01/14/1945