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Sunday, December 13.—Deut. 31:6 Things That Brave Boys and Girls Will Do 1. Things They Have Done. The end of a railway trestle had been carried away ' by a flood; a little girl living near, though a storm was raging, crept across the shaky structure, where she would not venture or dinarily for anything, took off a red skirt she wore and waved it as a danger signal, stopping an express train and saving a wreck with all its horrors of pain and death. The story is told, too, of a little drummer boy in our great war, who, after begging hard for permission, climbed over the wall of a fort the enemy was assaulting, and car ried water to wounded men, scattered over the field, while bullets were whistling about his ears. An up-to-date incident: Paris, October 9.—A visitor who went to see Denise’ Cartier, the twelve-year-old girl who was injured by a bomb dropped by a German aeroplane two week ago, found her knitting jerseys for soldiers. The surgeons had amputated one leg above the knee. She said with unaffected courage: “If I have been courageous I am sure any French child would have been the same. I am content to lose my leg for France.” 2. Things They Will Do. Those were brave acts and those children worthy of the praise they got, and more. The beautiful thing about it is that they overcame their fears and risked their lives for the good of others; not thinking of themselves, and this is what brave boys and girls will do. No one is entitled to be called brave who takes risks for brag or for selfishness. 3. The Best Deeds of Brave Hearts. The best deeds and bravest are done for love, for right, for truth, for Jesus. It takes a brave heart to love strangers and enemies; to do right no matter what the consequences may be; to tell the truth against all temptation to tell the lie; to confess Jesus, and follow Him in all kinds of company and wherever He leads. One o f the most courageous Concluded on Page 641
He stands good for it. God’s bank notes are not for dollars alone. Let us see some of the bills that are signed by Jesus the Treasurer of the kingdom of Heaven: 2. Some of God’s Bank Notes. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt he saved (Acts 16:31). Any one who hands this bill in at God’s bank gets salvation. This is one of Peter’s “great and precious promises." Caesar, the famous Roman em peror, once gave a man an immense gift, who said, “ This is too much for me to receive.” But Caesar said, “ Yet it is not too much for me to give/’ So thinks a penitent sinner, and so thinks the God of all grace. Sometimes men give a “blank check,” i. e. a promise, duly signed, to pay whatever the receiver chooses to write in. Such a blank check is the promise, "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do” (John 14: 13), Read the rest of the writing in this bill (text) and note the condition on which this check will be paid— the glory of the Father. God has g;iven checks for all ages, classes and conditions of needy saints. To children (Eph. 6:2, 3) ; to parents (Prov. 22:6) ; for old people (Isa. 46:4) ; for those in trouble (Ps. 50:15); for the sick (Ps. 4 1 :3 ); for the poor (Ps. 72:12) ; for the weary (Matt. 11:28-30) ; for the dying (Ps. 23:4) ; for all our needs (Phil. 4:19) ; and concerning everything that happens (Rom. 8:28). 3. Faith in the Promises. When I was a little boy my uncle gave me a dollar bill. My older brother was standing by and I, thinking no one would give me so much money, said, “ It isn’t good, is it, Nat?” When he assured me it was good you may believe I was a happy little- boy. None ever get the riches out of God’s promises until they believe they, are good. An old slave on a Virginia plantation, asked why he was always so happy under his hard lot, answered, “Massah, I always lays flat down on de promises, and den I pray straight up to my hebenly Father.” .Remember this: “He is faithful that hath promised."
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