MOST children are fond of reading; but how many care to read the Book of books? Do not think, dear children, that the Bible is only for grown-up people to read. When little Samuel lived in the Temple he read the word of God; and Timothy also knew the holy scriptures from a child.
Some of you have doubtless read a little book called “Mary Jones and her Bible,” which narrates the pleasant story of a Welsh girl, who walked fifty miles in order to procure a Bible for herself.
The Bible! the Bible! more precious than gold,
The hopes and the glories its pages un fold
It speaks of a Saviour and tells of His love,
It shows us the way to the mansions above.
The Bible! the Bible! we hail it with joy;
Its truths and its glories our tongues shall employ;
We’ll sing of its triumphs, we’ll tell of its worth,
And send its glad tidings all over the
earth.
—Selected.
ML 05/06/1900