EARLY ONE morning a man was walking along the harbor front. It was still dark, and taking the wrong turn he slipped off into the icy water. His cry for help, ringing out in the stillness, brought several people hurrying to the rescue. It was no easy matter to save him, however. At last a man was lowered down the harbor wall and brought him to safety.
The next Sunday afternoon a gentleman was telling this story of the rescue to a group of boys and girls in Sunday school. As he spoke, a boy excitedly put up his hand and burst out: “That was my father, sir, who helped save that man!”
How proud that boy was to own that the brave rescuer was his father, and he his son! And, dear Young Christian, ought we not to be glad to own our blessed Saviour who gave His life to save us, and to confess too God as our Father? We should be ready to confess the name of Jesus, to proclaim ourselves as “on the Lord’s side” — and to be true to Him even when others speak evil of Him and take His name in vain.
ML-12/15/1963