It was God. And so he wrote of God: "He that keepeth thee
will not slumber. God is thy keeper. God is thy shade upon thy right
hand. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the
arrow that flieth by day; for the pestilence that walketh in
darkness.... It shall not come nigh thee."
Let us remember that no real harm can come to us unless it comes from
within ourselves. God is our protector. In His love we can trust by day,
and in His care we can lay us down to sleep at night without a fear.
THE BRAMBLE-BUSH KING
There is a story in the Old Testament which says that once upon a time
the trees gathered together to choose a king to rule over them.
First they invited the olive-tree; but the olive-tree said it was too
busy bearing fruit. Then they asked the fig-tree to be king; but the
fig-tree had its work to do, and also declined. Next they waited upon
the vine with an invitation; but, like the others, it did not wish to be
their king.
Finally the trees asked the bramble to accept the position, and the
bramble gladly agreed. The first order it gave was for all the trees to
take shelter under its branches or be burned with fire. That sounds just
like a prickly, thorny, little bramble, does it not?
That is usually the way of people who like to lord it over other people
when they have no ability for it. There are some who want to do so when
they are at a party.
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