A Promise for Children.
By E. A. PAYNE
“I LOVE them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.” What a precious promise this is to children and youth. He will love us if we love him, and if we seek him we shall find him. I hope all the dear children who read this paper will love the Lord, and seek him while he may be found, and call upon him while he is near, and feel as Jacob did, when he said, “I will not let thee go except thou bless me,” and then they will be blessed. When I was a child I learned the following lines which I will send for you, hoping they will prove of some good to the lambs of the flock. “I must not sin as others do,
Lest I lie down in sorrow too;
For God is angry every day,
With little ones that go astray.
From sinful words I must refrain,
I must not take God's name in vain;
I must not work; I must not play;
Upon God's holy Sabbath day.
And if my parents speak the word,
I must obey them in the Lord:
Nor steal, nor lie, nor waste my days,
In idle tales, and foolish play.”