A Youthful Daniel
In our city-visiting we soon discovered that the first difficult plowing of the ground was being done for us by the children. Everywhere we were welcomed, and mothers, whom we had never seen, repeated Scripture texts, hymns, and sentences of prayer with surprising accuracy. One little fellow, unconscious that he was being watched, walked down the street singing at the top of his voice, “Dare to be a Daniel, dare to stand alone,” then coming to a stop before a peanut vendor and looking him in the face, said, “Did you know that there is only one God, and one Lord Jesus Christ?”
“Why, no,” said the man bewildered.
“Well, it is true,” answered the child, and passed on singing, “‘Dare to have a purpose firm, dare to make it known.’”
Here is a suggestive story quoted from The Sunday School Times about