Have you ever noticed a hen calling her brood together when there is a hawk near at hand? She knows the danger, though the chickens do not, and she is calling to them so that she may shelter them under her wings. How quickly they answer to her call! though sometimes a willful chicken will not listen, and the hawk pounces down and carries it off.
How like the foolish child who, when Jesus calls, wishing to shelter him from the coming wrath, refuses to listen, and therefore perishes! Answer the loving Saviour’s call when He says, “Come unto Me,” by coming at once. Then you will not only have a Saviour, but a friend, on whom you can call in the day of trouble.
Christian children, do not forget to call on the Lord at all times in faith, and He will answer you.
ML 08/13/1961