THE following true sketches are sent out with the earnest desire that they may help some young man—aye, many a young man—not only to remember his Creator in the days of his youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when he shall say, "I have no pleasure in them"; but also to rejoice in his youth with a true joy that nothing and no one can take from him, because it is a joy which has its source above the sun. We pray that these short narratives may help many to turn while they are young and strong, to the One who says:
“Whosoever drinketh of the
water that I shall give him shall
never thirst.”
If this little book should come into the hands of some who are not strong and well, some who are disabled and already know pain and weariness, we long that they too should drink of that living water and be satisfied, and that the living water springing up into everlasting life within them may overflow, so that others around may be refreshed and rejoice with the joy that lasts.
WE commit it to the One whose glory is above the brightness of the sun, to use it as He wills, to whom be praise forever and ever.