Amy Le Feuvre

“ You have a good many of them in your house, and you are moving them all day long. We are going to talk about a door.
How impossible it is to open a door and walk in, if it is locked and bolted against us! Open doors take us into delightful places, but they can also take us into prison. What important parts of a house they are! How safe you feel in bed at night knowing that all the house doors are shut and fastened inside! ”

“ Now the gift that God offers to us all cost the Lord Jesus Christ His life, and it is only through Him—or because of Him that we can get it.
What is it?
"The Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Is not Eternal Life a tremendous gift to be offered to us? Yet we can all have it. Every one of us—great and small—rich and poor. And if we know we have it, death will not make us afraid. Our souls cannot die. Eternal life with our Saviour in Heaven. That Land of Happiness which is too glorious to be described. ”

“ He comes to every boy and girl, for He loves them all. He wants you to know Him and love Him, and if He seems a stranger to you now, He will not be a stranger long if you open the door of your heart to Him. He will cleanse your heart whiter than snow if you let Him in. He will help you to guard the door against your enemies, and all those wicked spirits who are trying to spoil your happiness and life.
A young woman said to me one day:
"I'm expecting a visitor soon. It's my mother from the country. My husband always likes to see her, for she brings us such a lot of presents when she comes. ”

“ Almighty God has made this world and all the wonderful and beautiful things in it, but of all the things that He has made, the most precious in His sight is a human soul. There are a great many of us. ”

“ Now, boys and girls who love the Lord Jesus are all heirs to an inheritance. What does the Bible say?
That through Jesus, who died to get it for us, we have "an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for you."
We can't all look forward to coming into an inheritance on earth, but we can look forward to one in Heaven. It is being reserved or kept for us there. Now, if we aren't prepared in this life for that inheritance, we shall be like that poor tramp: we shall be very miserable when we get there. ”

“ Now, when did Jesus say, "Without Me ye can do nothing?"
It was just before His death, that He told His disciples this truth. He told them that He was like a vine, and they were like the branches, but that just as branches cannot bear grapes if they are cut away from the vine, so they could not bear fruit in their lives unless they were joined to Him. ”

“ All Royal children are brought up much more strictly than you are, for they must be educated and trained for their future inheritance. They learn when quite small to please others before themselves, to put duty before pleasure, to get up early to do their lessons, to study the feelings of others, to control their tempers, and only to associate with companions chosen by their parents or teachers.
An heir to a glorious inheritance must be prepared for years for it. And God wants to prepare us for our glorious inheritance.
It is a most beautiful home in Heaven that will last for ever and ever. ”

“ It is no good to wait to get ready till the time comes. If people move from one house to another, they pack up and prepare for weeks beforehand. If you are going a journey, you don't wait to pack your box till the car is at the door. Now, our Lord warns us that one day He is returning to this world. He will surely come; but He will come when people are not expecting Him. And then in a moment, every one in the world will be separated from one another. Those that are ready will meet Him and be happy with Him for ever; those that are not ready will be sent away in disgrace and misery. ”

“ How pleased you were when some grown up person took it into his hand and looked at it, and said, "It does you credit!" Think how busy people are, all over the world, making things—watches, clocks, motors, aeroplanes, guns, books, pictures, machines of all sorts and sizes.
If you talk to them, you will soon find that they are all anxious about one thing, and that is for their work and invention to be a success, to fulfil the purpose for which they made it. They want their watches and clocks to keep good time, their motors and air machines to move swiftly and easily, and not to be failures. ”

“ Now in these little chats with you, I want to get at your souls, to the inside thinking, loving part of you, to the bit of you that ought to be touching God and living with Him, whilst your bodies are running about and enjoying this beautiful earth. ”

“ We all have our Mr. Greatheart. It is the Lord Jesus Himself. He goes before us and leads us by the hand. It will be easy walking with Him. We shall be happy and safe. Oh, dear boys and girls, do come to Him; do take Him for your Mr. Greatheart. Do trust yourselves body and soul into His loving keeping. ”

“ God's Great Gift of Eternal Life will be what we shall want then, and if we have refused to take it all our life from His hands, how do we know that we shall receive it from Him then? God will not offer His gift for ever. ”

“ There are boys and girls now running about and enjoying themselves. Having a good time, and only thinking of pleasing themselves.
They are fruit trees in God's garden. Yet so far they have never brought Him fruit, though He comes again and again so patiently and lovingly, to see if there is any sign or beginning of fruit bearing.
They are lamps made to shine for their Master, but no light comes from them. They are useless. ”

“ The Devil wants to get possession of your souls to destroy them. He tries to keep us away from God because he knows that our souls will thrive and blossom into beauty, and be kept in perfect safety if we hand them over to God.
So he employs different means of keeping us far away from God.
He surrounds us with boys and girls who never think about their souls at all, and they persuade us that saying prayers and reading the Bible, and going to Church or Chapel, is all very dull and stupid. We must have a jolly time, and enjoy ourselves, and whatever we do, must never turn "pi," or be a prig. ”

“ A great many people care for your body. Your parents rightly try to keep it in health. They send for a doctor if your body is hurt or ill. They feed it, and buy clothes for it. Nearly all the shops in a big town are selling things for your body. It needs a lot of things to keep it well. Food and drink, fires in winter, a soft bed at night for its rest and refreshment. Shelter from storm, shade from great heat.
Some of us take the greatest care of our bodies, but never, never think of the welfare of our souls. ”

“ A door is sometimes a man's salvation. Here is a man fleeing for his life! He is unarmed and defenceless, another man is pursuing him sword in hand. He means to kill him. The frightened man comes to his house, he dashes in at his door. He draws the stout bolt and locks it. His enemy is outside. He breathes freely.
We are glad we have a door to shut out our enemies, but do we ever shut out our friends?
There was an old woman who lived in a little cottage in Scotland, not very far from Balmoral, the Castle that belongs to our Kings and Queens. ”

“ The Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who loved us and gave Himself for us, as we have already seen.
In the Acts of the Apostles, God sent St. Paul to the Gentiles "to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they might receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith."
You very often go up steps to a hall door, don't you? There are four steps leading up to the golden door of our inheritance. ”

“ God's workmanship! And yet such a failure!
"Well," you say, "I can't help myself. It comes natural to me. I can't be good."
Do you want to be good? To be what God means you to be?
I heard a preacher once say that at the Judgment Day when we shall all have to appear before our Maker, it may be that a picture will be held up before us, a picture of what God meant us to be when He made us and put us in this world. ”

“ But we must ask God to train us, and when disagreeable things happen, we must not lose our temper, for they are sent to test our tempers, to make us control ourselves, and so to make us more fit for our inheritance by and by.
Boys and girls are often sent away to school, but one day they will have finished their education, and then they will come home to their father's house, and be able to take part in all that is going on there. ”

“ God has loved our souls so much that He sent Christ to save them from the Devil's hold and power. He will wash them in His precious Blood and hold them in His keeping till He calls them to the golden Unseen Land above. ”

“ Do you like the outside of your chocolate box best, or the chocolates inside?
Outside and inside! Nearly always the inside of a thing is the thing that matters. The outside is a mere case or covering for the treasure within. ”

“ God thinks most about your souls, or hearts, as they are often called in the Bible.
What kind of a soul have you?
You are taught to take care of your body, to feed it, to clothe it, not to do things which might hurt it. Your parents want your body to grow bigger and stronger every year. ”

“ Now all Christian boys and girls have a great many difficulties and temptations in their lives.
They make many resolves to be good, they want to be good. They mean to start the day well, but somehow before they know it, their tempers have got the better of them, and the day is clouded by tears and passion.
One of the reasons that the Lord Jesus came down from Heaven and lived amongst people on the earth, was to show them how He wanted to help them on their way to Heaven. He told His disciples just before He went back to Heaven ”

“ If we have been to Jesus to have our sins washed away, if we have held out our hands for the pardon He purchased for us on Calvary and thanked Him for it, if we are trying to serve Him day by day, then we can be sure that the inheritance will be ours. ”

“ When you go to a bookseller's to choose yourself a book do you choose it for its cover, or for the story inside? Some of the dryest dullest books have the most handsome binding, and some of the most thrilling stories are wrapped up in a very poor cover. ”

“ What sends the great shells flying through the air for miles and miles? Can they make themselves go? No, it is just a spark that ignites the powder. Without that spark the shells, the guns can do nothing. ”

“ Peter the Great, who ruled over Russia, was very fond of disguising himself and going amongst his peasants, and seeing their poverty, noticing who was most worthy of relief. He always won their confidence, but on one occasion a man who was out of work and wanting employment, was very rude to him. ”

“ You must remember that the Devil with his hosts of wicked spirits are out to try to get you to sin every day and all day. What chance have you against the Devil? None at all, without your Captain's strong loving Hand holding yours, and helping you to fight. ”

“ Our eyes must be opened to see we are sinners.
2nd. We must be willing to leave the darkness of sin and choose the light of goodness.
3rd. We must be delivered out of the power of the Devil, and come to the Lord Jesus.
4th. We must receive forgiveness of our sins.
Can we do this ourselves? No, we can't take one of those steps in our own strength.
God will do it all if we ask Him.
And then we shall be at the top of the steps waiting to be let through that golden door into our glorious and beautiful inheritance.
The City Bright
THERE is a city bright ”

“ We are told that when our bodies die, our spirits or souls return to God who gave them to us. They belong to God. He is the only One who can keep them safely, and make them grow strong and beautiful. We may not all have beautiful bodies, but we can all have beautiful souls, if we hand them over to God to keep. ”

“ Then lessons, and games, and treats all follow each other so quickly that we feel we haven't time to think about God.
We are too busy, too occupied, too full of interesting plans and purposes to think about our souls. ”

“ Birthdays and Christmas are always enjoyable times. We love receiving surprise presents. I remember visiting a house in the country once, and a little boy and girl of the house came into my room when my luggage was being unpacked, and eyed everything being taken out of my bag and boxes with the greatest interest. ”

“ Now it may be comparatively easy to take care of our bodies, but it is quite impossible for us to take care of our souls. There is only One Person who made them, and who knows just what they want, and has the right food to give them. ”

“ We don't like unpunctual people. Some children are always late for meals and late for school. But we lose pleasure sometimes by being late. By not being ready. Suppose a rich uncle comes to take you out for the day. ”

“ It may be cutting up his food with a knife and fork; it may be washing his face and hands, or any other simple thing. When he gets older he thinks, he can do bigger things on his own, without anyone's help at all. And very often experience teaches him that he is not so clever as he thinks himself to be. ”

“ The engine comes along, there may be only one link joined to it, and the whole train, carrying hundreds of passengers with their luggage, will move along the line without any effort. Swiftly, easily it glides along.
CHAT III. "Taken to the Police Station."
Pictures to Paint—5. WHAT BIBLE SCENE IS THIS?
Now take the engine. Can it move itself? Not without the steam power within. If there is no steam, there is no movement. The wheels of the engine cannot move themselves. Without the steam, the engine can do nothing. ”