ONE MORNING, a preacher who had once been a sailor was speaking to a small group of people. As he finished, he looked at the children there and said: “If you ever have the opportunity of going to New York, you will see great ships coming in from the ocean like the ones on which I used to serve. They approach the harbor but wait outside until some tugs go out to meet them. Perhaps you would ask, ‘What can a boat that looks so little do for those great liners?’ If you would watch a bit longer, you would see that cables are stretched from the large vessel to the tugs, and then the small boat draws the big ship into the harbor through a safe channel up to the mooring dock.
“Boys and girls, you can be ‘little tugs’ for Jesus. Young as you are, you can throw the cords of love to some bigger person—an aunt, an uncle, or even your parents—and seek to draw them to Christ, the harbor of eternal rest and peace.”
The boys and girls who heard that story that morning did not forget it. Some of them began to be “little tugs” — bringing others to
Sunday school and to the gospel meetings, or telling them personally about the Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps you can think of some who are outside the harbor of safety, who do not know the Lord Jesus and are still in their sins — maybe a father or mother, a sister or brother, a neighbor or friend. You could give them a gospel paper, and seek to lead-them to the Saviour of sinners.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24).
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