ON a beautiful lawn in a gentleman’s garden, his little girl was playing all alone. The sun was shining and the birds singing, and little Lucy was as happy as the birds and the flowers around her.
At the edge of the lawn was a large fish pond, where the gold and silver fish were darting about in the sunshine. How beautiful and quiet it all was, when suddenly all is changed. A startling scream tells that something sad has happened, poor little Lucy has fallen into the pond!
The house is too far away for help to come from there, but help does come at once. The old dog, Bobbie, had been watching the little girl, and saw her fall into the pond, and plunged in after her, dragging her to shore.
The poor little girl was more dead than alive when they pulled her out of the water, but she soon revived enough to throw her arms around the neck of her rescuer, the dear brave old dog. Her mother said “Why do you love Bobby so much?”
“Why, mamma, because he saved me,” she said still hugging him tightly.
Now if Lucy loved the faithful dog so much for saving her from drowning, how much more should sinners, saved by grace, from “everlasting burning,” love Jesus, who loved them and gave Himself for them. Are you saved by Him? If you believe in Him, if you really trust Him with your whole heart, you are.
May His love constrain you to live for Him who died for you.
ML 08/10/1924