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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 14, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 11.

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CHARLIE was going home with his uncle. They were on the steamboat all night. When it was time for Charlie to go to bed, his uncle said:—
“Make haste and jump into your berth, boy.”
“May not I first kneel down and ask God to take care of us?” asked Charlie.
“We shall be taken care of fast enough,” replied his uncle.
“Yes, sir,” said Charlie, “but mother always tells us not to take anything without first asking.”
Uncle Tom had nothing to say to that, and Charlie knelt down just as he did by his own little bed at home. We live on God’s bounty and goodness and grace day by day. Let us never take it without first asking.—Selected.