A LITTLE, girl was sleeping all alone in her bed on night when the roaring of the wind woke her up. As she lay listening to the awful sound of the hurricane shaking the house, and making all the doors and windows rattle she became very much frightened and could lie still no longer, so getting out of bed in the dark she found her way to her father’s room and crept into bed beside him.
Hardly had she done so when a great crash was heard, and a chimney came crashing through the roof of the house, and fell right on the bed where the girl had just been lying.
Had she remained there a few minutes longer, she would certainly have been crushed to death, but God in His mercy no doubt caused her to leave her bed just in time to escape from sudden death. Though much damage was done to the house yet no life was lost, for the little girl was safe in her father’s arms.
It is a great thing to be able to look up to God as our Father, and know that He will take care of us in every danger, but we must first know Christ as our Saviour, as it is only through Him that we can know God as our Father.
ML 07/16/1922