Matthew 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. For they are the men and women of the future, and within them lurk wondrous possibilities and powers which shall be developed and manifested and felt another day. .Naturalists tell us that in every single drop of water in the ocean there is electricity enough to generate two thunder-storms. The power is there silent and' hidden, nevertheless ready at any moment to leap forth and do terrible execution. So within the soul of every little child in our homes, in our schools, and in our streets, there is a moral force lying hidden on which two utterly opposite eternities hang. (J. Morgan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. |