IT is good to teach the baby from the early day to share with others. The dear children in our picture are asking baby brother for a share, not because they really want a piece, but just to teach the younger one to consider others and thus not to be selfish. So when he grows older he may think of the needs of others. The Scripture says, “He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack, but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.” Prov. 28:2727He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. (Proverbs 28:27). And again,
We get the great example of this in the Lord Jesus Christ. He thought of us in all our need, and laid aside His glory and came down into this world and became like one of us, apart from sin. Then He took our sins upon Him and died in our stead on Calvary’s cross. What self-denial; what wonderful love for us! Do you think you would like to be charged with wrong things that someone else had done? I feel sure you would not, and far less would you like to take the place of an enemy of yours, and take upon yourself willingly his crimes as if they were your own. But such is the wonderful love the Lord has shown to us. May we seek to manifest that character to others.
ML 06/16/1918