JUNE RADIO MESSAGE A WORD TO FATHERS I T IS AN INTERESTING FACT that God never told mothers to teach the Bible to their children. This is always given as the fathers’ responsibility, and rightly so. A verse which greatly interests me is I Chronicles 28:9, where David testifies, “And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.” David had many experiences with God. Is that true of us? Do we have something to share with our family, especially our im pressionable children? Have you ever knelt with your chil dren and individually introduced them to the Lord? This is our responsibility before God. There are too many par ents who leave their children to be raised like heathens. There is no at tention given to their souls, even though at school they may be taught about everything else except God. This is why such a great stress must be placed on the home. If you don’t take care of this vital aspect, certainly no one else will. You will not need to wonder why your boys and girls turn out like hoodlums. I think of the classic story about the farmer who had a pet pig. He lav ished great love and care on it. It was kept in the house and never saw a pen. It ate good food off a plate, and never was fed any slop. It was kept washed and sprayed with perfume. There was a lovely pink ribbon tied around its neck. One day the farmer invited in his neighbors and friends to see his beautiful prize pet. So many people came that the hog had to be let go outside; everyone couldn’t get in the house. The night before there had been a heavy rain and there
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were pools standing around the yard. Do you have any idea where that pig went when it was let loose? Do you think it went to the rose bushes to smell their lovely fragrance? No, it made a beeline for the mud hole. It went in ribbon and all. The farmer was the laughing stock of all who had come. Conditions and circumstances are one thing, however, our primary duty is to tell our boys and girls of the One who saves the soul. THE VOICE OF ONE W HO WEPT Today I heard the voice of one Who wept in far off lands Because of -sin and misery. And begged with outstretched hands For one small lamp to light his dark. Now fain I would have slept, So stopped my ears, but In my heart That sobbing voice still wept. And then I heard the voice of One Who counted not the cost, But left His ivory palaces To seek and save the lost. He said, "The sound of one who weeps Is coming up to Me. Dost thou forget that last command Which I gave unto thee. To preach My Word to all the world?" O, bitter be our shame! Still hopeless millions walk the earth Who never heard His name. And still the world spends lavishly In every crowded mart, And still the voice of him who wept Is sobbing in my heart! — Martha Snell Nicholson The Lord Jesus declared, “No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” Frequently we read about young peo ple getting killed. Where do they go? There was the teenager who shot and killed people out along the highway. Then he committed suicide himself. Where did he go? We must carefully 11
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