The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-07-06

Sufieien, unto the day is the evil thereof.
The youag girl seemed hardly 10 heed thi'
remark. so in,ently were her thoughts hIec
upon the suhjec, which occupied her mind.
"Is j, not time 10 hear from Mr.. R
the gentleman who promised to get the pen
sion for you'll" she continued.
AYES, quite time. think We must heal
very soon." ..r ..
"Did Mr.. Mason promise 10 inquire a
the Office for you when he returned from hi
work ~ 20
"H, did, and he is coming towards the
house this moment He must have let
teri 4 .H# ID. b. ..a.t q I
The widow fastened to the door. nnt
soon returned with letter in her hand.
"Is il from Mr.. R--P
"Ycs, my dear"
"Do open it. What does hc say
"When We think how much depends
upon this letter, my dear, We should first
lilt up our hearts to God, that he would give
us grace to bear his holy will, whatever il
may be-"
Il seemed to tho anxious, expecting girl
rs if il took her grandmother very long
while to cross tho room to where the old bu-
reau stOOd-to take up her spectaclcs which
lay upon the top OF it, and adjust them upon
her head-to break, with trembling hand,
the seal, and possess herself Of the contents
the letter, although it was brief.
"what does ho say ~ she anIiously
asked.
"He says that unexpected difficulties have
arisen, and he does not now think that he
shall be able to obtain the pension"
"oh. grandmother and you are spend
ing the last Eve dollars you have in the
world. What shall we do ~
"We have never yet wanted for any
the necessaries Of life, my child"
al know il, grandmother but we have
never before been destitute Of The means OF
procuring them. Since we have been here,
we have lived on the money obtained by the
sale OF your furniture when you left B.,
bu, now, if you do no. obtain your pension,
we have nothing on which to depend"
"Then, my dear, we must depend wholly
on our heavenly Father. He is very rich.
The silver and the gold are his, and tho cat
tie upon thousand hills, and his rich pro-
miscs are worthy Of himself"
+" But no does not work miracles, grand
ma. We have no friends here, no one who
cares at all for us. The only person who
visits us is Mrs. More, and she comes, not
from any interest in US, but from the love Of
gossip. and desire to tell us the news.
Mrs. More says it is bard place for poor
psorie, ,and she -ever ssi~a place where ~
people concerned themselves so litils "hoyt
their destitute neighbOrs.'
"All this may be true, and yc, He who
has declared himself able to raise up chill
dreu unto Abraham from the stones OF the
Geld, can raise US up friends when wo need
them, even in this place, so apparently un-
propi,ious in this respect"
Time passed on, and the remnant Of the
Eve dollars, though carefully expended, gra-
dualy melted away, until all was gone, and
the necessary supplies which it had obtained
we're nearly exhausted.
"wnl the food we have last longer than
tomorrow 7" inquired Alice, NnSiously.
al think not,n was the reply.
docs your faith begin to fail yet, grand
mOtheri" she asked, as she looked at her
graudmother's placid counienance.
"Why should it, my dear ! Wo have moi
reached the extremity yet. MANS extrem-
ity is Gods opportunity you knOw.'
But the faith OF the young girl had no,
been strengthened and developed by a life oil
discipline and trial She knew no, how to
trus, in an hour so dark as this. AL the
evening she tossed rcstlessly upon her pill
low. Withdrawing the curtain which sha-
dcd the window near her bed, and looking
out, she sudde ly exclaimed ..
"Oh, grandmother brilliant lights are
cleaning from the windows Of the great
house on the hill. What does il mean i! The
house has been shut up ever since we lived
here"
"This reminds me,' said her grandma
,hcr, "Or wha, Mrs. More told me to-day
She said that wealthy gentleman had pur'
chased the house, and was moving in"
"what is the gentlcman's name ?"
al believe she told me his name, but !
DON, rccolect it."
Alice gazed few minutes longer at The
brish, lish, cleaning from the windows
then, sinking back on her pillow with sigh
she said
"How chccrfully It looks over there how
different their home from ours !"
Her aged parent read what was passing
in her thoughts, and said
"Alicc, my child, do not envy the inma'c
of youdcr mansion. Our sorrows, trust
are preparing us for brighter home thar
that. There is no mansion on earth, how
ever pleasant or richly furnished it may be
into which sin, suffering and death have moi
free entrance. But into the homo toward
which we arc journcyins, neither weepinI
nor wailing can never enter. How gloriou
will be the light OF that place, which has n
need Of the SUI, neither Of the moon to light
en- it, for the glory CT God is the light there
Of"
Another day wore away, and the widow
little stock Of provisions was quite exhaust
ed. As evening drew on she sa, by the bed
side OF the invalid. endeavoring to sustni
her by the repetition Of those sure promise
o,, which her nxrn snnl rested