A Young Boy's Divine Deliverance from Drowning

“One day, a group of .small boys were swimming. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say, they were learning to swim, for none could take more than a few strokes. Just below them a short distance down the stream was a treacherous hole much bejrond their depth. Into this, either through bravado or accident, one daring youngster either plunged or fell. He became helpless to save himself; and for a. moment his campanions were powerless to aid him. Fortunately, one with presence of mind and quick action, jerked a long stick from a willow fence and threw one end of it to the drowning lad. The latter grasped it, held on tightly and was saved. All the boys declared that the venturesome lad owed his life to the boy who furnished the means of rescue. This is undoubtedly the fact; and yet in spite of the means furnished him, if the lad had not taken advantage of it, if he had not put forth all the personal effort at his command, he would have drowned, notwithstanding the heroic act of his comrade. — Millennial Star 85:48”