THE children’s SERVICES AT CAMDEN ROAD. 4I 
into the kingdom God had given them. So, dear 
children, there is a kingdom into which we enter 
directly we take Jesus as our King and Saviour. 
God sent me, like Moses, to lead you into it. Some 
of you have entered into the promised land, and 
can sing happily — 
* Jesus loves me, and I know I love Him.’ 
“ But there are others who are not there yet. Oh, 
that Mr. Hartland may, like Joshua, lead many of 
you into that dear kingdom ; and then, if we never 
see each other again on earth, we (the children of the 
King) shall all meet in His palace, and " see the King 
in His beauty.’ Oh, I feel as if it would be bitter 
sorrow for me if some of you, whom I love so much, 
and for whom I have prayed so often, should be 
absent when He gathers ‘ the gems of His kingdom.’ 
‘ All the pure ones, all the bright ones 
His loved and His own.’ 
Only ^ His own^ dear children, if you give your hearts 
to Him and try to follow Hitn. 
“ Well, I must finish this long letter, and I will do 
so by telling you what our position now suggested to 
me. Here we are, in the middle of a stormy, angry 
sea. As I write, the wind is howling terribly. There 
are many vessels out in the open sea in great, sore 
danger ; there are some wrecked, over which the sea 
is dashing, exulting in its victory ; perhaps, as I 
write, there is one dashing on to the rocks (O God, 
gracious God, save the people in them ! Many of 
them, perhaps, are not prepared to die). And yet, 
with all this going on around us, we are safe where 
we are, sheltered by a great rock. If we leave the 
rock we are at the mercy of the storm. Whom does 
the rock remind us of? The great, the only rock of 
safety — Jesus Christ. Oh, that each one of you may 
offer David’s prayer, ‘ Lead me to the Rock that is 
higher than L’ If you are under the shelter of the 
