IT was Fred’s birthday. He was ten years old, and got up early that morning, as it was much on his mind that he could now write his age with two figures. But what do you think he spied when he got out of bed? Ah, he saw some one had been up earlier than he, and put a package on his table, It was addressed to Fred in large handwriting. He soon saw that it was for him, and quickly opened it and there he found a beautiful Bible.
It did not take him long to get dressed that morning, and he was off to his mother’s room with his book under his arm. Then he learned his first lesson from his birthday Bible, a good one to begin with,
To have the fear of the Lord before us, will make us wise, and keep us out of many evils.
ML-11/17/1935