The Lamb.
NOW, dear children, there is much more we might say on the subject of the lamb, as a type of our Lord Jesus, until we find Him— a Lamb as it had been slain—on the throne in heaven. Rev. 5. But now we will look at a few Scriptures which speak of lambs, as illustrations of little believing children. The first we shall find in 1 Sam. 17. A lion came and took one of David’s lambs. David went after the lion and took the little lamb out of his mouth, and slew him.
Dear little child, do you not see in this what Jesus has done for you? He has conquered Satan and delivered you from his power.
In Isa. 40 you will see the blessed place the Lord’s lambs have. “He shall feed His flock like a Shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm and carry them in His bosom.” His strong arm is put forth to gather you out of this evil world, and from the power of Satan, to Himself, and then.
“His tender bosom bears each lamb
O’er rock and waste and wild;
The object of that love I am,
And carried like a child.”
But in order to be in that happy place of strength and love, you must know Jesus as your own Shepherd. The One who laid down His life for His sheep. Let me tell you a little story of one who knew Him thus. A servant of the Lord met a shepherd boy. He had not much time to tell him of the blessed Lord Jesus, so he spoke of Him as the Shepherd. He knew the boy would understand that, as he was used to caring for sheep and lambs. He taught him to say a little verse of only five words, and as he said it to touch a separate finger of his left hand for each word, till he came to the fourth one and then to clasp that one tightly in his right hand. This was the verse: — “The Lord is my Shepherd.” Ps. 23:1. Not long after, the boy was found dead. Some of his lambs had wandered away, and in following them, he had lost his life. But when they found him, his right hand was tightly clasping the fourth finger of the left, as though with his last breath he had said: “The Lord is my Shepherd.” No doubt as he was seeking his lost lambs, his thoughts were on the Good Shepherd, who had sought him and was bearing him home.
Now, dear children, when you say this verse, stop when you come to the fourth word, and see if you can say, as the dying shepherd boy did, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” E. G. B.
ML 07/22/1900