Now it seems to me, children, that this Ladder up to heaven comes into our lives every day.
Jesus, our Saviour, is like the ladder which rested on the earth close to Jacob; and He is gone back to heaven now to be there to help us in every way: that is the top of the ladder which reached to heaven, where the Lord stood and spoke to Jacob.
So when you see this picture, say to yourselves, "Jesus is my ladder! He is close to me here, He is close to God there! He will never leave me nor forsake me; I can send messages and prayers every time I am lonely or in trouble, and He will send back answers if I wait for them."
So Jacob went on his journey over the desert and at length reached the country to the East, where he hoped he would find his mother's relations.
[XXXVII. Jacob meets Rachel]
One day Jacob sat down by a well, and looking about him he saw a number of flocks coming near and waiting by the mouth of the well, which had a large stone upon it. So he asked the shepherds whether they knew a man called Laban; and they told him that they did, and that his daughter Rachel was even now coming with her father's flock!
So Jacob was very glad to see Rachel, and went to the well and rolled the stone away, and watered the flock for her. And then he told Rachel that his mother was Rebecca, Laban's sister; and she ran and told her father.
JACOB WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE RACHEL.
Then there was great rejoicing, and Laban welcomed Jacob to his home, and he began to take care of the flocks.