The Heart of a Child The heart of a child is a scroll, A page that is lovely and white; And to it as fleeting years roll, Come hands with a story to write. Be ever so careful, O hand; Write thou with sanctified pen; Thy story shall live in the land For years in the doings of men. It shall echo in circles of light, O r lead to the death of a soul. G ive here but a message of right, For the heart of a child Is a scroll. it? So we, too, were meant to be filled with the Holy Spirit. In Ephesians 5:18 we read: “ Be filled with the Spirit.” As we yield—give our lives over—to our Owner, the Lord Jesus, He fills us with Himself and fits us for His service. As a pen is only an instrument in the hands of its owner, so the Lord Jesus wants us to be so yielded to Him that He can guide us and use us “to the praise of his glory,” as day by day we serve Him at home, at school, or wherever we are. The fountain pen is kept by its owner close to his heart; just so, we are kept by the power of God close to His heart of love. Our Owner says in His Word that He is able to keep us from falling (Jude 24). Because of His words in Psalm 121:5 each of us can truly say, “ The Lord is my Keeper.” We are so dear to Him, boys and girls, that He will never let us go. In John 10:28 Jesus says of us: “ They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” Not only has He made provision for us in this earth life, but after our days of service are over, He will take us to the beautiful home He has gone to pre pare. And throughout the eternal ages He will cherish us and “ shew the ex ceeding riches of his grace in his kind ness toward us” (Eph. 2:7).
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^Jlie S to r if oj' th e ^ }ou n tu in f~^ien By Martha S. Hooker
F OUNTAIN PENS are so very use ful that many of us feel we could scarcely do without them. If you boys and girls do not own one now, I am sure you will be having one when you are older. Last summer I heard a lovely story about a fountain pen. It was such an ex cellent story that I wanted to share it with you boys and girls. If the fountain pen could talk, I am sure it would tell its life story something like this: “ I was not always as you see me now, boys and girls—bright and shining and green. I was once only pieces of rubber and metal. But one day, some one sought me and found me. Some one saw that those pieces of rubber and metal—even though they were small and scattered about—could be made into a fine foun tain pen. “Having been found, I was taken to a great building called a factory. There I was made, or fashioned, until I became a pretty pen, as you see me now. I was then taken to a large store and displayed in a beautiful window along with other pens. For a while I seemed of no use at all, until one day some one came into the store and bought me. A price was paid for me, and from that day on, I have been owned or possessed. My owner is very fond of me and guards me care fully day by day. “After I was bought, my owner took me to his office. But I was of no use to him until he filled me with something called ink. He said I was made to be filled. Having filled me with ink, he said I was ready to be of service to him. He began to write with me; and many, many letters I have written for my owner. I enjoy being of service to him. He holds me in his hand and guides me gently and surely over the paper. My owner keeps me in a special place near his heart. He says he will always keep me, and even when I am worn out, will always cherish and love me. I am so glad I belong to such a kind owner. This is my life story. Is the story of your life anything like mine?” Do you not believe that the life story of every boy and girl is like that of the fountain pen—only far more wonderful and marvelous? God’s Word says in Ephesians 1 :4, that we were chosen to be His very own, before He laid the foundations of this great wonderful world—before the stars ever twinkled in the blue sky! He loved us even then, so long ago. What a precious fact! It is hard to realize, isn’t it? But it is true, nevertheless.
Then there came a time when we were made. It was God’s hand that fashioned us. In Psalm 139:14 we read: “ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and won derfully made.” But even from our birth, we were sin ners. You will remember that one of your memory verses, Romans 3:23, said: “ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”—and that all included you and me. In Isaiah 53:6 we also read: “All we like sheep have gone astray.” Yes, we were once as wandering sheep, far away from God, but the Good Shep herd, the Lord Jesus, sought us out and found us. He came into the world to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10). Tenderly and lovingly, He placed His shepherd arms about us and drew us into His safe fold. We have been bought, too—a price has been paid for us. No, we were not pur chased with silver and gold as the foun tain pen was, but with the precious blood of the Lord Jesus (1 Pet. 1:18, 19). Christ died on the cross to redeem or purchase us. What a great price He paid for us! Those of us who have received Him as Saviour can truly say we have been bought with a price (1 Cor. 6:20). We now belong to the One who paid so great a price for us, even the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. But the pen had to be filled by its owner to be of any use to him, didn’t
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