THE STOWAWAY.

Hoa Maori, Issue 30, 1 October 1893, Page 5

THE STOWAWAY.

(To the Children.)

*' SjATHEE, what is the matter ?” p*®. “A poor hoy has fallen overhoard, dearie ” ) “Who is it?” “ Poor Brown, one of the hoys that stowed himself away in the ship.” “ Why didn’t they get him in again ?” “He was dead before he fell into the water!” “Is he dead?” _ “Yes, his body is dead.” ■ “ But he is alive ?”

“ Yes, he is alive.” “ Is he with the Lord Jesus ?” “ I don’t know, dearie; that all depends upon whether he believed in Him as the Son of God and a Saviour before he fell.” 11 Jesus is God isn’t He, father ?” “Yes, dearie, He is God.” “Why did He let him fall overboard ?” “ I don’t know, my child, His ways are beyond us ; but He has a voice to us all in it.” “ There are only two places, Heaven and Hell, are there ?” “Yes, only two.” “ If He took us we should go to be with Him in Heaven, shouldn’t we ?” “Yes, dearie, through His infinite mercy, because He died for us.” The above was a conversation between a little four-year old and her parent on the occasion of poor Brown’s death, as narrated above. Children can think, and God makes them to do so, as He does all of us at times; and how blessed to think thus, if it be but the fruit of education. Little children are sometimes out off in a moment, as death is no respecter of persons; and I would like to ask the young readers of Te Hoa Maori, are you sure of your interest in that blessed work that Jesus did ? We are all born sinners, but Jesus gave Himself a ransom for all. And as it is not too much for little four-year old children to think, as the above conversation shows, so it is not too much for them to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and thus to have life through His name. G.J.S.