SOME weeks ago a dog came limping down a country road, not far from here and stopped at the toll-gate keeper’s house. As the man sat down, the dog held up its paw for inspection. The man had a kind heart, and saw at once the paw was swollen and sore. He carefully examined the foot and found there was a good-sized splinter under the skin. He opened his penknife, cut out the splinter, fixed up the wound, and the dog went away.
A few days after, as the man went out to collect the toll from a passing driver, he found a large bone at his door, and the dog he had befriended was going on up the road. This was the way this intelligent dumb creature said, “Thank you.”
This grateful dog should teach each one of us a lesson as there are many who are careless about giving thanks for the many mercies God has bestowed upon us.
Have you ever thanked God for His wonderful gift? What love it was that led Him to give His only begotten Son to die for us!
ML 03/03/1912