Dr. J. Vernon McGee :: Foreword

Death of a Little Child: Foreword

The ministry of “Death of a Little Child” is reflected in the following letters:

From Seminole, Texas
“I have just finished reading your booklet, ‘Death of a Little Child.’ We lost our nineteen-month-old baby girl in October. After reading your book, which was loaned to me by a neighbor, I can understand more fully why our child was taken. The most encouragement I got was that someday I can hold in my arms again my baby. Heaven is a place now, a real place.”

From Minneapolis, Minnesota
“In September the Lord chose to take to Himself our darling seven-year-old Eric. He was killed two blocks from home when he stepped out in front of a parked bread truck into the path of an oncoming car. How our hearts ache for him, but how wonderful to know he is at home with the Lord. The day following Eric’s homegoing, your book, ‘Death of a Little Child,’ was sent to me by one of my very dear friends. What a blessing it was to my husband and myself at that time.”

From Norwalk, California
“We just lost our little four-year-old girl with leukemia. The booklet, ‘Death of a Little Child,’ was given to us by a church member. We found comfort in it for ourselves, but especially for our sevenyear- old son.”

From Wichita Falls, Texas
“A friend here had a book on the promises of God in the death of a child. She can’t remember the title, only the author. She received the book five years ago when her baby passed away and read it until it literally fell apart. We would so appreciate any information you might be able to give us as to how we might obtain this book.”

From Fresno, California
“I think it’s only fair to let you know that your little book, ‘Death of a Little Child,’ has done it again. On Christmas day my husband’s sister lost her twenty-four-hour-old baby son. He was much wanted, and there cannot be another. Both parents were just crushed. We wrote to your office, asking that the booklet be sent to them. In due time a letter came from them, thanking us for the copy, and saying that they both had received Christ as Savior. Through their witness my husband’s two other sisters have also been saved.”

In view of the fact that this personal brochure has met such an evident need in the longing hearts of many parents who have lost little ones, we are reprinting it again that it might continue to minister to broken hearts.

The reader will note that Scriptures are quoted in toto, rather than merely by reference, in this edition. This will add, we feel confident, to the value of the message for those who do not have a Bible at their fingertips.

Again, we send this message forth with the prayer that it might continue to reach those who need a word of comfort in a lonely and dark hour.