Methinks I hear my young readers exclaiming, If my enemies are so many, if my danger is so great, is there no place I can flee to? "What must I do to be saved" from those enemies in this _Valley of Tears_? Oh! whither shall I flee from the "wrath to come?" Hear the voice of God:--He is pointing to a Rock rising from the midst of the Valley, and is calling aloud to you, "Flee to this Stronghold, ye prisoners of Hope!" Do you ask--When shall I flee? He answers, "_Now_ is the day of salvation!" Do you ask--May I not _wait_ a few years? I am yet a young inhabitant of the Valley. Death, if he be the _surest_ enemy, is the _last_ enemy; have I not yet time enough? God answers--TO-DAY! while it is called to-day! "Verily, there may be but a step between thee and Death!" "Haste thee; flee for thy life." Do you ask--But must I leave all the pleasures of sin, and so much that I love in this valley of tears? God answers, "What is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Do you ask--But is there no _other_ refuge than this, no other means of safety but, amid storm and tempest, to climb to this Rock? God answers, "Neither is there salvation in any other! For there is none other name given under heaven, by which a sinner can be saved, but the name of Jesus." Dear children, let this be _your_ prayer: "Lord, lead me unto this ROCK, that is higher than I!" Oh! with what delight does that Great God look upon children, such as you, when they "flee for refuge to lay hold on this hope set before them;" and when they join their hearts and their voices together, saying, "Oh! come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us make a joyful noise unto the ROCK OF OUR SALVATION!" But I would like to tell my Young Readers something more about this Great "Refuge from the storm"--this Great "Covert from the tempest." Let us seat ourselves for a little in the Alpine valley, under the brow of the Rock of Castello; it may help us to some thoughts of the better "Rock of Ages!" I dare say many a poor Waldensian, when taking shelter in this earthly refuge, would be often reminded by it of the ROCK that can never be shaken! _First_, The Rock of Castello _is very High_. So is _Jesus_; so High, that He is called _the Son of the Highest_--"The Ancient of Days!"--"God over all." "The heaven of heavens can not contain Him!" _Second_, The Rock of Castello _rises from the Valley_: so Jesus rose from poor parents in this valley of tears. He "humbled Himself," to take upon Him our nature; so that "although he be HIGH, He might have respect unto the _lowly_!" _Third_, The Rock of Castello _was quite close at hand_; though lofty, it was always near for fleeing to: so is Jesus, the "Rock of Ages." We have not to say, "Who shall ascend into Heaven to bring Christ down?" "He is not far from any one of us." Indeed, He is so very near, and so very accessible, that the only wonder is that there should be any found who do not "flee to Him for refuge!"