The best a boy can do for himself is to put God at the very center of his every interest—the fear of God, love for God, and reverence for all His holy law.
Take hold as God says, and everything will go fine!
Read 2 Samuel 6:1-11.
XXXIX
KEEPING FAITH
Say, fellows, it takes a real sport to live up to a promise when conditions shift on him. If there is a streak of yellow in his system he will find some way to kick out every time. Life is a big game, and it takes a real man to play it on the square—if only square and no more.
But, fellows, what can you say about that one man in a thousand who plays the game of "Remember and Pay" as finely as David did?
Young gentlemen, please meet Mephibosheth, this man of the twisted feet and outlandish name. Kings did not usually choose such to live in their courts and sit at the royal table. Only the fine-looking men and beautiful women were invited to become members of the king's household.