It was Saturday night and Don’s it two little brothers had been scrubbed nice and clean after their play in the garden, arid tucked safely into bed. Now it was Don’s turn to have his bath, and just as he began to rub himself dry, he and his mother heard a call from the next room. Baby Marjorie had wakened and was saying as plainly as if she could talk, “I’m awake now, please come and get, me!”
Don was a little chatter-box, and he said, “My baby (his toy dog which always went to bed with him) is better than your baby, Mummy—he never cries, and he always stays where put I him.” And then, as they were jurying to finish so Mummy could go to the baby, he continued: “No Mummy, you baby’s best—because you can keep her forever and ever.”
What a lovely thought, that his baby sister was precious to the Lord Jesus and should He come before she grew older, she would be one of His little ones. Or if He tarried till she grew up, her parents earnestly prayed that she would learn to love Jesus for herself. Then, with Jesus as her Saviour, she would be fit to live in His happy home “forever and ever.”
How happy it is when boys and girls of Christian parents learn to love Jesus when they are young, so that each member of the family may sing the Saviour’s praises for all eternity in heaven. Dear reader, may you be ready to rise to “meet the Lord in the air,” when He comes.
ML 05/14/1950