As we look at our little darling, we are pleased to see him interested in looking at the pictures in the books, and it makes us feel the importance of putting before him such pictures as may instruct him, instead of foolish things that might do him damage.
Sometimes he has to come to us and ask us what they mean, and then we have to tell the story given in the Scripture that the picture is made to illustrate.
Very soon he will be going to school to learn to read, and the same care will have to be shown that he may have good and instructive reading, and not that which would poison and destroy the mind, so that it might be said of him, as it was said of Timothy:
“FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEE WISE UNTO SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.” 2 Timothy. 3:15.
There is no book that can give us all we need, like the Word of God. It gives us instruction for our whole path, and above all, shows us Christ Jesus, God’s beloved Son, as the Saviour for us.
Have you, my dear reader, accepted that blessed, wonderful Saviour that God has provided? If you have not, O, do so now, and give attendance to reading the Word of God, and learn more of that precious Saviour.
ML 10/25/1931