In spite of long arithmetic sums, and hard French verbs, one thought was uppermost in the mind of the boys and girls, “Only two more days till Saturday!”
They had been counting the days so impatiently, so expectantly. Now there were two days left until the promised hike into the woods where they would cook dinner over a real camp-fire, and learn how to flip pancakes in the approved fashion.
But Thursday brought disappointment when the teacher wrote on the board that she had lost her voice, and would probably be unable to take them hiking. Before lessons started the matter was discussed. What could they do? Be very quiet? very good? Then Billie seemed to have found a solution for he waved his hand eagerly and burst forth,
“Couldn’t we pray about it?”
A swift prayer for guidance went up, and then the teacher wrote on the board again,
“To be sure, Billie, it is the best thing we could do, for the Lord can bring back my voice if it is His will.”
Later at recess she knelt down to ask the Lord to grant the children’s request that they might early learn to trust His loving care. Had He Himself not said,
This precious verse gave her glad confidence to face the thirty pairs of anxious eyes that watched her all day, waiting for the answer.
It came. So soon, so unexpected was the return of the teacher’s voice in spite of all strain, that the class was filled with awe. The next morning they thanked the Lord Jesus together for answering their prayers, and together they sang their morning hymn:
Praise Him! Praise Him!
All ye little children,
Thank Him! Thank Him!
All ye little children,
He is Love, He is Love.
When Saturday’s sun looked down from a cloudless sky into the woods ouide the city, a happy group of children pressed round the camp-fire to watch the sausages sizzle, and in turn flip the pancakes over the glowing embers. Between mouthfuls of dinner, or an exciting tale, or swing in the maples, they came, one by one, and whispered to the teacher,
“I prayed every evening, and I also asked Him to give us a sunny day. Wasn’t it good of Him to answer?”
Have you put your trust in the God that answers prayer? Have you ever come to Him in your need? You may come to Him through the Lord Jesus Christ, and find out for yourself that He “is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.” (Eph. 3:2020Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Ephesians 3:20)).
ML 03/38/1943