AT the great 1851 Exhibition, a visitor took an illustrated catalog home with him and gave it to his little boy. Henry Davey, who was only eight at the time, was delighted with the pictures, and was soon pouring over the simple drawings and descriptions. Moreover, he then and there determined to become an engineer.
Eventually Davey was apprenticed to a firm of mechanical engineers at Tavistock and in a few years became known as a skilled craftsman and famous as the inventor of a new type of pump. He used to say later in life that it was the book which his father gave him that settled his career.
Another Book has changed the lives of many thousands of boys and girls. It is well worth reading! From it we learn that many of the finest things which we enjoy are really to remind us of the love and goodness of God—which leads to repentance. What's repentance? you ask. Just truly facing that you are quite unable to put yourself right and because God is so good to you, you are willing to tell Him privately the whole truth about yourself. If you do this you have taken the first step in your new career.
But then a desperate need is felt—the need of a personal Savior. In the same Book we read that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Others have cried in His ear, "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow"; "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean"; "Lord, save me." Each was answered immediately as each asked in full confidence. Ask in the same way and know the joy of a full answer. I can say that the Book which my Father has given me has settled my career. Can you?
D. A. O.