We heard a comforting and delightful sermon recently from the text, "And a little child shall lead them." The minister used this illustration: We take our little child in our arms out of the bright, gas-lit parlor, to carry it to its bed. The hall is dark, and, almost unconsciously, the tiny arms tighten, the head nestles closer in its trust, because we have come away from the light. So God, for the sake of having us cling more closely, sometimes carries us in the dark. Perhaps it is loss of property, or the going out of dear ones forever from the home, or the weary struggle for bread, or the coldness of those who have been valued friends. God is carrying us in the dark. Do we cling closer, trust more fully?—Selected.
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