LITTLE Charlie is happy, for he likes to be out in the rain. He also likes to carry an umbrella just as larger people do.
I think Charlie’s mamma left him in the garden with the nurse, while she went to the store. See, he has picked some of the flowers and put them on his hat.
He soon got tired of the garden, for little boys and girls do not like to play in one place very long. He went to the house and found no one there. It soon began to rain. There was an umbrella in the hall, so he took it and went to meet his mamma.
When the nurse saw that it was raining she left the garden and went to look for Charlie. There he was going down the road carrying an umbrella much larger than himself.
Do you think he will get wet? No, the umbrella is a good one and he is safe as long as he keeps it over his head. He believes the umbrella will keep him from getting wet, so he is happy.
When are we safe and happy in this world? Can any of the little readers tell? Only when we trust in the Lord, as little Charlie trusted in the umbrella to keep him dry.
True happiness comes when we have this feeling of safety in the Lord.
“Happy they who trust in Jesus;
Sweet their portion is and sure,
When the foe on others seizes
He will keep His own secure,
Happy people:
Happy though despised and poor.”
ML 11/08/1903