WHAT a happy meeting we see in this picture. The sailor boy has returned after a long voyage. The mother is thankful for her oldest son’s safe return. Many a prayer she has offered up to God for the boy far away on the sea. Now he is at home beside her at the table, with her hand in his. The love in their hearts shines out of the faces of mother and son. We hope too, this boy knows something of the Saviour’s love which can make him truly happy. No matter then how the stormy billows roll he will have no fear. Maybe this boy, like some others, went away from home because his mother told him of the Saviour who died for sinners. He might be able to get away from his mother, but not from God. The eye of God was ever following him in all the strange lands he visited, and the still, small voice speaks in the night-watches on the lonely sea. We hope he has listened to that voice, and is happy in knowing the Lord Jesus as his own dear Saviour, the Saviour of sinners.
He may have returned home to tell his mother the good news. This makes them a happy company indeed. His brothers and sisters are not forgotten, for he has brought them some of the wonders of the deep—shells, strings of coral and curiosities from distant lands. This causes us to say,
ML 12/05/1909