Sandy McDonald was a fisherman. Every evening he sailed from a small cove on the Scottish coast, in a sailboat a little larger than the one in our picture, and every morning he would return with his fish. The entrance to the cove was very dangerous, but Sandy knew every rock, and usually had no trouble.
But I am sorry to tell you that poor Sandy often drank too much, and then his wife and his son Jamie were so afraid he might crash his boat on a rock. Many mornings brave Jamie would stand at the cove holding a lantern to guide his father home, and he would call out over the waters, “Steer straight for me, Daddy.”
Again and again dear Jamie, who loved the Lord Jesus, would read the Bible to his father, and would beg him to accept Jesus as his Saviour.
When Jamie was twelve years old, he was stricken with a serious illness, and in two weeks he was dead. Those were two weeks of suffering, but even in his sufferings, Jamie spoke and sang of Jesus.
About a week after Jamie was buried, poor lonely Sandy was sitting sorrowfully thinking of his dear boy. His conscience bothered him, and his many sins burdened him. All at once he remembered the welcome light that Jamie had so often held out for him and the words that used to ring out over the dark waters, “Steer straight for me, Daddy.”
Quickly he rose from his chair, opened Jamie’s Bible, and found the verse that Jamie had so often read to him, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” 1 Timothy 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15).
With the Bible open before him, he knelt and owned himself a sinner bore God, and accepted Christ Jesus as His Saviour.
Perhaps the reader of this paper is a Christian boy or girl. Do you try to lead others to Jesus?
Perhaps the reader is the father or mother of a Christian boy or girl. Have you accepted Christ Jesus as your own Saviour? Get your Bible now and settle that question on your knees before God.
ML 11/01/1953