The Little One

From: Echoes of Grace: 1957

• 1 min. read • grade level: 7

A gray haired medical man once said to me: "I could never doubt the immortality of the soul after my thirty years' practice in my profession.”

“Why, doctor?" I asked.

“I have seen too many children die—children whose little faces, distorted with lingering agony, have lit up with a light so glorious that there could be no question as to the transplanting of these buds from this withering, destructive world to a garden of fadeless blooming." There were tears in the strong man's eyes as he added: "They manifest a faith which would put many of us aged Christians to shame.”

Recompense

"Blessed are ye when men shall hate you," etc. Luke 6:20-26²⁰And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. ²²Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. ²³Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. ²⁴But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. ²⁵Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. ²⁶Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. (Luke 6:20‑26). If you can make yourselves happy and comfortable in this world which has rejected the Lord Jesus, count not on His blessing.

"Christ Jesus came into
the world to
save sinners.”

1 Tim. 1:15¹⁵This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15).

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