All the children were in school one morning, when it became very dark, so dark that the teacher had to turn on the lights. While she did so, two little girls, about six years old, who were sitting at one desk, began whispering together.
“I do feel so frightened,” said one little girl. “My Mummie said the end of the world was coming like a thief in the night. Perhaps it is coming now.”
“O, I do not feel frightened,” replied he other little girl, “because I belong to Jesus, and my hymn says,
‘Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast.’
I know whatever happens, He will take care of me.”
Do you, dear children, know what it is to belong to Jesus as this little girl did? If you do, you too need have no fear, for all those who trust Him are safe for eternity, that means forever and ever.
The Bible tells us that the Lord Jesus is coming, and we do not know how soon it may be. He will take all those who belong to Him to live with Him in heaven; and He wants them to be watching for Him.
May the little girl’s hymn be true of each one of you,
“Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’er shadowed,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.”
“Serve the living arid true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” 1 Thess, 1:9,10.
ML 02/02/1941