CHILDREN'S GREAT BIBLE TEXTS
THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
JAMES HASTINGS
Contents:
The Baby's Anthem.
Lend Your Eyes.
How To Be A Hero.
Dumb Yet Speaking.
Found Out.
August Holidays.
The Book Of Numbers, J. Hastings
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The Lord bless thee, and keep thee :
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee :
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.— Num. vi. 24, 25, 26.
These are familiar words. You know them almost as well as "God save the King." They are like the National Anthem in this respect : they are a prayer for a blessing and — I should like to add — upon a king. You always sing them when a baby is brought to church to be christened. When you join in the familiar little anthem, does it ever dawn upon you that you are praying for very beautiful things to be given to your little brother or sister; and that not only the father and mother, but even you boys and girls, are taking on responsibilities for his or her training ?
The other day, I read a lovely story about a baby just like the one that is going to be baptized. A few weeks before he was born, his father, King Mordreth, was killed while hunting; his mother died when he was but a few hours old. She had one very venerable friend and teacher who was said to be the oldest and wisest man in the world. Early that day, she sent for him, and said, " My baby was born a king ; only you can help him ; take him away to the castle on the mountain crag before he hears the people quarrelling. If he is with you, he will learn what kings should know."