Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield and guards his button jealously. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Teddy begins to learn what it means to be a soldier under Christ, his Captain. Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying the banner of love. Through this charming story, Amy Lefeuvre helps children to understand the spiritual battle that rages in their soul, and that parents and children are on the same side.
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield and guards his button jealously. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Teddy begins to learn what it means to be a soldier under Christ, his Captain. Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying the banner of love. Through this charming story, Amy Lefeuvre helps children to understand the spiritual battle that rages in their soul, and that parents and children are on the same side.
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'Do you know all the soldiers in the British Army, then?' said his<br />
grandmother.<br />
'I daresay he wouldn't care to come to tea with strangers, son,' put<br />
in Mrs. John gently.<br />
'I'm sure he would, for he doesn't like the Hare and Hounds. He<br />
said he was a teetotaller.’<br />
'Come, that sounds good,' Mrs. Platt remarked. 'Well, you can ask<br />
him in for your father's sake.’<br />
Not much dinner could Teddy eat that day, and his lessons at<br />
school had never seemed so irksome to him; but they were over at last,<br />
and he tore off in search of his new friend, finding him at length sitting<br />
under an old yew-tree just outside the churchyard.<br />
'Granny says will you come to tea with us?' he asked breathlessly,<br />
as he came up to him.<br />
The corporal looked up. He was a fine-looking young man with a frank,<br />
bright face, and he was reading a well-worn Bible, which he put<br />
carefully in his pocket before he rose to his feet.<br />
'That's very kind of your granny,' he said; 'and I'll come with<br />
pleasure. I'm out of it at the Hare and Hounds.'<br />
<strong>Teddy's</strong> quick eyes had spied the Bible.<br />
'Do you like the Bible?' he asked gravely.<br />
'It's my order book,' the corporal said with a smile, 'and my best<br />
friend in the world.’<br />
'What's an order book?’<br />
'It gives you your daily commands—just what you are to do and<br />
where you're to go. My Captain writes my orders down in His Word for<br />
me.’<br />
'He's my Captain too,' said Teddy with glistening eyes. 'You mean<br />
Jesus, don't you? I've enlisted in His army, and I'm one of His soldiers.’<br />
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