The Master's Dinner Pail
Story★★★★Archibald Rutledge told the story of meeting a Negro turpentine worker
whose faithful dog had died a few
moments earlier in a great forest fire
because he would not desert his master’s dinner pail which he had been told
to watch. With tears on his face the
old Negro said: “I always had to be
careful what I tole him to do, ’cause I
knowed he’d do it.”
The point
A faithful dog dies in a forest fire rather than abandon the dinner pail he was told to watch, prompting his grieving owner to reflect on the absolute trustworthiness and obedience of his loyal companion.
Scripture
Matthew 25:21John 14:151 Samuel 15:22Luke 11:28James 1:22Revelation 2:10
Audience
AdultsYouthSmall Group
Tone
Sobering · Touching · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 63 words