TODAY, dear children, I shall tell you a true story of a dear little dark-eyed girl whose name was Ruth. She was five years old, and she loved the Lord Jesus very dearly. Often she would walk through every room of the house, holding her dear mother’s hand, stopping in front of each text that hung upon the wall and repeat the words after her mother.
One of the texts that she loved so much was a small one with a picture of two little lambs upon it. The words were these:
“Fear not, little flock.”
Pointing to one of the lambs with her small finger, she would say, “This is me and to the other, “This is sister.”
There was another text, before which she would stand a long time and repeat it after her mother. It was,
She asked many questions about this text, and how happy her mamma was to tell her that it was the Lord Jesus Who spoke these words to those He loved, and that He may come at any moment to take those who love Him to Himself in His Father’s Home in heaven; all those whose hearts have been washed in His precious blood.
“How will we go up into the sky, mamma ?”
How often little Ruth would ask this question. Can any little boy or girl who reads these words answer it?
Little Ruth does not need to ask this question any more, for she is now gone up higher than the sky. She is in heaven with the Lord Jesus. We know from God’s Word that she is very happy there, where;
Around the throne of God in Heaven,
Thousands of children stand,
Children whose sins are all forgiven,
A holy happy band, singing
Glory, glory, glory be to God on high.
Messages of God’s Love 4/8/1934