The Duke of Hamilton had a little son. Charles knew that if he lived long enough he would become a duke and a rich man one day. But Charles was still only a little boy when he took sick and they could not save him.
Child though he was he had trusted the Lord Jesus as his Saviour and had learned many verses from the Bible.
One day his teacher talked with him about the stars, and the little lad exclaimed, “Oh, you can teach me about them now; but I shall soon know more about them than you do.”
On another occasion his younger brother stood at his bedside. “Douglas,” said the dying boy, “you will be a duke, but I shall be a king.”
And so God came and took His little child away to His heavenly kingdom, to be crowned with glory, just like His own beloved Son, whom He sent into this world to seek and to save the lost, and to bring them home to Him. Well might all His redeemed children sing, “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” (Rev. 1:5,65And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:5‑6).)
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