The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-18

who did not take Christ along with
him to school One day his playmates
were teasing him. Then, because he
did not have Christ with him, he lost
his temper and picked up a stone and
threw it at the boys, and he hit an
eye of one of the boys and put 1t out
That little boy, who afterward grew
up to be big man, had to go through
life with his eye blinded. l knew Of
another little boy who, because he
did not have Christ with him, wanted
to brighten playmate, as bad boys
sometimes do. He pushed him from a
bank into q river and the little boy
was drowned. saw his poor little
body after it was taken out Of the
water and heard the broken hearted
mother weeping over it. I knew OF
another little boy who grew up to be
thief and was sent to jail because,
when he was young, his bad little
schoolmates taught him how to steal
pennies out of his mothers pocket
book. All, children, you cannot afford
to go to school and meet the tempta.
tons of the playground unless you
take Christ along as your divine pro
tector.
Then, after awhile, you must go still
farther away from the protecting care
of your parents. AS young men anc
women you must go out into the great
wide world and live entirely away
from home. You must be like your ia
Their and mother and earn your own
living. Then, if you do not have Jesus
by your side, there are many, many
temptations which will beset you and
trip you up. Are you now going to
drive Christ away from your heart
and life? Remember he is your chief
protector, l once read q beautiful
story about a st. Bernard dog which
was killed by the hand Of the man he
was trying to save. 1t was on the IA
nous st. Gothard pass, road leading
over the tall mountains of Switzerland.
which most Of the year is covered with
snow. Travellers going over that pass
often become so benumbed with the
cold that they fall down and are fro
Ltll HI Tic Shoa' VI q klioii
astery which was built among those
mountains used to send out great big
shaggy dogs and hunt out the travel
ers and save them. Around the necks
OF these dogs was tied little box fill
ed with food and wine, which the tray
elers could eat and drink when the
dogs found them. Among those dogs
was one SO intelligent and strong that
he had saved sixty eight persons who
had been lost in the snow. But one
night this intelligent dog found among
the SHOWS traveller nearly frozen to
death. and so to warm him and bring
him back to life the great dog stretch
ed his big body upon the dying man.
as your mother might cover you up
with a fur lap robe when you go
sleighing. After awhile the traveller
awoke. He thought the big dog lying
upon him was a big bear or wolf. He
took out his knife and drove 1t into the
heart Of the dog and killed it. Then
the monks, missing the dog. went out
to search for him and found the dog
and the man both dead in the snow.
II the man had only known that the.
dog was trying to save him he would
have been thankful to him instead Of
killing him, and his own life would
have been saved. But. you see, he did
not know what friend the dog was.
Now, do not want you to make such
q mistake as that. want you to un-.
derstand that Christ Is your friend.
the best friend you can have. for he
can save you from dying eternally. So
want you to welcome him and cling
to him when he wants to help you and
save you, not only from the sins of the
schoolrooin. but also from the sins OF
the great wide world at large.
A Little Child Shall Lead.
But there Is another reason, children,
why you should come to Christ, and
that is so that you can bring your IA
Their and mother. big brothers and sis
tiers along with you to Christ Oh. how
many children there are here whose
fathers never ask a blessing at the
table or have family prayers by the
home altar! Oh, how many little chill
dren there are here whose fathers and
mothers and big brothers and sisters
are drifting cut into a life of sin merely
because they have never answered the
pleading call of Jesus and have not
come and knelt at the Saviour's feet!
Little children, do you not know that
you perhaps better than any one else
can lead your fathers and mothers and
brothers and sisters and uncles and
aunts and big men and big women to
Christ? Do you not realize. boys and
girls, that, as the Bible describes the
day of millenniunt as the time when
s.the wolf also shall dwell with the
lamb, and little child shall lead
them" the greatest gospel messengers
who ever lived are the little children
who are leading the grown up people
to the foot of the cross?
Boys and girls, If you have father
who never goes to church. what good
thing it would be IL you could bring
himl Suppose you should go home
from this service and Chamber up into
his lon and Sav. apana WHIT do not