“They Shall Bear Thee Up”
ONE day a little boy asked his mother to let him lead his little sister out on the green grass. She had just begun to walk alone, and could not step over anything that lay in the way. His mother told him that he might do so, but charged him not to let her fall. A gentleman met them and said: “You seem very happy, George. Is this your sister?” “Yes, sir.” “Can she walk alone?” “Yes, sir, on smooth ground.” “And how did she get over all those stones?” “O, mother told me to be careful not to let her fall, so I put my hands under her arms and lifted her up when she came to a stone, so she wouldn’t hit her little foot against it!” Then the gentleman said: “George, you can understand better now that beautiful text, ‘He shall give His angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.’ God charges His angels to lead and lift His people over difficulties, just as you have lifted little Annie over those stones. Do you understand it now?” “O, yes, sir; and I shall never forget it.”—Anon.