"Much rather would I listen than
run about and play."
Then did that gentle mother a story
true retell
Which he had heard so often and
learned to love so well.
Timothy was a very small boy when his mother began to tell him stories from
God's Book. She told him about the little baby Moses, whose mother put him to
sleep in a cradle by the riverside. She told him about the boy Samuel, who
heard God's voice. She told him, too, about David, the shepherd-boy who .
killed a bear one day. And she told him about Daniel, that good old man who
was not afraid of the hungry lions.
Timothy liked to hear the stories from God's Book. He knew they were true
stories. He knew that Moses, and Samuel, and David, and Daniel were real
people. He believed that God took care of them because they loved him. And
because he loved God he believed that God would take care of him, too.
When Timothy grew to be a man he learned much more about God's love. Then
one day he bade his dear mother good by and went far away to teach other
people about the Lord. 2 Timothy 3:14, 15.