There was once, children, a great locomotive rushing swiftly along in a storm, with an immense train of cars behind it, crowded with people. All of a sudden the engineer saw through the sheets of rain driven by the wind a red light gleaming out. He knew that meant danger. Quick as a flash he moved a lever, and the obedient train stopped at once. A few feet further, and they would all have plunged over a broken bridge into a river.
Once again, children, a vast steamship was plunging along in a fog. She was hastening, for she was behind time, and the hundreds of passengers on board were anxious to reach the end of their journey. Like a flash there came to the pilot through the fog just the gleam of a vessel’s signal-lights. He touched an electric button, a bell rang far below him, the engineer heard it, moved a lever, and the great engine at once reversed its motion, just in time to prevent a fearful collision.
A doctor was driving over a dangerous road on a very dark night. It was a life-or-death errand he was on. Everything depended on his reaching his patient speedily. The road he took was a short cut, and not the main road. It ran along a deep ravine, where it was bad enough to drive by daylight, but doubly perilous to drive by night. The doctor knew the road perfectly, however, and everything depended on his horse. If the horse turned just as he was bidden, all would be well. The horse was trusty, obeyed the reins wisely, and the sick man was saved.
Boys, girls, many and many a time, as you go on in life, it will be a life-or-death matter with you whether you obey your Master well or ill. Christ knows best, and you will never make a mistake if you do just as He tells you, and just what He tells you, and just when He tells you.