"How, then, do you know if one is missing?" he was asked, and with a shining eye he replied, "By the faces I would miss."
Is that not beautiful? The old chief knew the face and probably had a name for every animal.
Dear girls and boys, God knows you and cares for you, and has you all down by name and will miss your face if you are not near Him!
That is a wonderful love, and being a love for each of us one by one, we may well pray:
"Lord, for to-morrow and its needs,
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin,
Just for to-day."
XXIV
WHAT MAKES A GOOD SOLDIER?
Please note the word "good." There are soldiers and soldiers, but the best kind is the good kind who never brings shame to his regiment.
A story is told of a "parson in arms" who enlisted as a private because he loved the boys. He lived a fine clean-cut life of inspiration, became a captain and went over the top.
When the roll call took place after the battle there was no answer to his name, but later he was found with his forehead pierced by a bullet. Just before the charge he said, "Boys, we are about to charge. Commit yourselves to your Saviour. If you die it will be well; if you live it will be well."