A fire broke out in a dwelling house some years ago. All the people were safely brought out, except one family, whose home was in the highest flat of the burning house. Somehow they had been overlooked when the alarm was given, and although the flames were rang all around them, the inmates were yet asleep. Stones, thrown from the street below, broke a pane of glass in the window, and aroused the father and mother, who immediately seized their two sleeping children, a boy and girl, and rushed from the burning house.
But in the excitement of the moment, they forgot that their eldest boy, Willie, was still there. The father attempted to make a second journey up the burning stairs, but, blinded by the smoke, he was unable to proceed beyond the first landing. Willie appeared at the window, rubbing his eyes and calling for help. No ladder could be found long enough to reach him. Not a moment was to be lost. The father stood beneath the window, and stretched out a sheet, which strong and willing hands grasped the four corners of. A space was cleared by the crowd, and one of the firemen shouted to the boy,
“Jump, and your father will catch you in this sheet.”
Willie stood looking down, quivering with fear for a moment. Then the crowd saw something like a great white snowflake drop from the window, and the next moment Willie was safe in his father’s arms. He trusted his father’s word, and he was saved.
So you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and trust yourself to Him. You will be lost if you remain where you are: the eternal fire will reach you. But you need not perish. The outstretched arms of Jesus, the mighty Saviour, are ready to receive you. The only open question is, Are you ready now to trust yourself to Him? Will you tell Him from your heart,
“I will trust, and not be afraid,” casting yourself into His Almighty Arms— “Mighty to Save.”
ML 03/10/1940