SOMETIMES a disease known as rabies attacks dogs, which makes them turn mad and want to bite people. Many have died from the bite of a mad dog.
A number of boys and girls were playing in the village park one afternoon, enjoying themselves as only children can. All of a sudden a mad dog came rushing down the street barking furiously. The children fled, some to their homes, others inside houses nearby. One little fellow named Charlie was too far from his father’s house, and no one near to whom he could flee. In his alarm he ran straight forward, right into the arms of a big policeman who, seeing the child’s danger, caught him up in his arms and held him tight against his breast with his left hand. With his other hand, he took his gun and, pointing it at the big dog which was now within a few yards of him and the boy, he pulled the trigger. The dog rolled over dead. Poor dog! He was a nice quiet animal before he took sick, but after that the only thing to do was to get rid of him.
Charlie was led safely home to his mother who with many thanksgivings clasped her dear boy to her bosom. I often think that every boy and girl yet without Christ, is exposed to a far greater danger than Charlie was. Death and judgment follow hard at their heels. Where can they run to hide? To whom can they flee for shelter? There is only one hiding place. That is Jesus. He receives and defends all who flee to Him, for He has conquered death and taken away its sting for all His own.
Dear boys and girls, have you fled to Jesus? Are you safe in His mighty arms, sheltered from death and judgment? There is no other Saviour: no other refuge, but Jesus Christ our Lord.
ML-07/12/1964