A NEW year has opened to you, dear children, and one year added to the eight, ten, or twelve you have lived makes a great difference to you. When people come to be fifty or sixty years of age, one year more does not seem very much; still, by the year that is gone, we have all come a year nearer to eternity.
The Lord will make you happy who come to Him―He loves to make children happy. Full well does He know what a child’s heart is, for He was once a child Himself. He knows your trials and your pleasures. And because He loves you, He bids grown-up people “Suffer the little children to come unto Him, and forbid them not.” The blessed Jesus welcomes you each one to His bosom, and there you will be truly happy. No love is so sweet, so dear as His.
In a little while He will come for all who love Him, and He will take them all home to the house of God the Father, where are many lovely dwelling places, and beautiful and bright things for all who love Him. Jesus will have everything ready to make His own so glad, and it will please Him very much to see all His dear people full of joy at home―yes, so very much that He Himself will be satisfied.