SOME of you who live by the sea-side will know what a “sea-wall” means; and that it is built against the outer side of the road to prevent the tide coming up too far. It is made very strong, so that people can walk or drive along the road without fear; but as there is sometimes no railing, it is not safe for children to go too near the edge above the water. One day, in the place where I live, a child fell over, and would have been drowned, had not a kind friend been at hand to save it. He could not by himself have saved the little one; as the water, at that time of the tide, was too far below the edge of the wall: but he had with him his own young son, and seizing the lad by the heels he dropped over the edge of the wall so that the boy’s arms could reach the little one; and both were drawn safe to the top.
Now this reminds me of two things. First, that little drowning child could do nothing to save itself: however much it struggled in the water it must soon have gone to the bottom, had not one far stronger than itself come in time to save it from death. And so, none of us could be saved unless Jesus had come to die for sinners. Even little children, who are not old enough to know right from wrong, are born with an evil nature, but are saved because Jesus died for them.
Dear children, make haste and come to Jesus to be saved.
ML 12/02/1900