IT MIGHT seem quite a pleasure to little brother to catch fish with a net in the running stream, but if he is doing that just for the sake of pleasure it is very wrong; but if they need fish for supper at home, and he is trying to catch the fish for that purpose, it is all right, for God has given us fish for food. But how interested the two sisters are watching him They are anxious to see how many, if any will get into the net.
This has brought to my mind a text of Scripture. “Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.” Prov 1:17. So if a bird sees some one setting a net, or a trap, it will not go into it. It is wise in this respect, and the lesson for us to learn from this is, to take heed to God’s Word, and keep no company with those who do not fear God. Read the whole of Prov. 1, and may this verse be specially pressed upon you.
If you pay attention to this verse all the nets or traps they will set for you to lead you into wrong, will never catch you and you will be preserved from many sorrows.
ML 12/22/1918