Care for Children
Dean Hole. Exodus 2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages… I. TO NONE IS GOD'S COMMENDATION VOUCHSAFED MORE FULLY THAN TO THOSE WHO LOVE CHILDREN FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. The presence of childhood represents and brings back our own. Children confide in those around them with a sweet and simple faith. They obey from affection, not fear. And so our Father in heaven would have His children trust Him, casting all our care upon Him, for He careth for us. II. CHILDREN TEACH US REVERENCE AS WELL AS FAITH. They listen with a solemn awe when we talk to them of God. They tread softly, and speak with bated breath in His holy place. III. CHILDREN TEACH US TO BE KIND, PITIFUL, AND TENDER-HEARTED. They cannot bear to witness pain. They do all they can to soothe. Have we these sorrowful sympathies? IV. If the love of Christ is in our hearts, it should constrain us to DO OUR VERY BEST, THOUGHTFULLY, PRAYERFULLY, GENEROUSLY, TO PRESERVE IN THE CHILDREN AND TO RESTORE IN OURSELVES THAT WHICH MADE THEM SO PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT, And makes them so like Him now — like Him in their innocence, their sweet humility, their love. (Dean Hole.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. WEB: Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.