A GOOD SHILLING IS
BETTER THAN
A BAD SOVEREIGN.
II. LITTLE MOSES.
SERVE THE CHILDREN FIRST.
The story of Moses teaches us that LITTLE FOLKS ARE VERY HELPLESS. There
he is in that basket. He cannot care for himself. He is in the power of
the king's daughter. If she liked she could have had him killed, for it
was plain to be seen that he was one of the Hebrew children. When you
were in your cradle how weak you were, how helpless. If your mother had
not cared for you, my dear boy, you would never have troubled the tailor
to measure you for your new suit. Do you ever think how much you are in
your mother's debt? When you were hungry she fed you, when you were cold
she warmed you, when you were sick she nursed you. And you can pay her
back. Not in money, for when you are old enough to earn gold you will
not be rich enough to do that; but you can reward her by obedience, by
love, and by letting her know by your kindness that you do not forget
what she did for you years ago.
LITTLE FOLKS ARE WATCHED BY GOD. The crocodiles could have swallowed up
the little chap at one mouthful, but they never even saw him. God
steered the little bark, and brought its voyage to an end in a safe
harbour. If anyone but the kind-hearted lady who became his second
mother had seen him, the story of his life might have been very short.
And the same God watches you, my dear child.
There is an Eye which never sleeps; and in the night, when even your
mother has closed her eyes, God does not shut His. Do you ever think
that in the darkness the eye of God can see you just as well as in the
daylight? If it had not been so, you would not have grown in your sleep,
as you have done every night. There have been many dangers near to you
which you never knew, but God did, and has watched over you for good all
your life. Thank Him, for even your mother could not have helped you, if
God had not done so.
LITTLE FOLKS MAY BECOME GREAT MEN. That baby became one of the greatest
men in Old Testament history. And how was it? He stuck to his book. We
read that "Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians." This
could not have been if he had scamped his lessons, could it? Then he
left the company of the wicked, though it cost him a great deal, and he
chose to be one of the people of God. The boy and girl who will follow
his example will do well for themselves, for the life of Moses was one of
the greatest honour, and, though he had to pay the price which must be
paid if we would win the smile of God, he has been rewarded. Honour has
come to him that never came to anyone else; for we learn from the Book of
Revelation that in heaven his name is greatest of the great, for the
saints sing "The song of Moses, the servant of God," and