The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-05-23
a short Plreslde story.

One evening poor man and has son,
little boy, sat by tho wayside, near the
gate of an old town in Germany The
father took out loaf of bread which he
had bought in the town, and broke it,
and gave half to his boy. Not so, IA
ther," said the boy; 81 shall not eat un-
til after you. You have been working
hard all day, for small wages, to support
me and YOU must be very hungry; |
shall wait till you are DONE"
You speak kindly, my son," replied
the pleased father, ''your love to me does
me more good than my food; and those
eyes of yours remind me of your dear
mother who has left US, who told you to
love me as she used to do, and indeed, my
boy, you have been great strength and
comfort to me but now that have eaten
the first morsel to please you, ii is your
turn to eat"
Thank you father; but break this
piece in two, and take you a little more;
for you see the loaf is not large, and you
require much more than do" +" shall
divide the loaf for you, my boy; bu. eat
it ! shall not; have an abundance; and
let us thank God for his great goodness
in giving us food, andin giving what is bet
ter still, cheerful and contented hearts.
He who gave US the living bread from
Heaven to nourish our immortal souls,
how should he not give US all other food
which is necessary to support Our mortal
bodies?"
The father and the son thanked God,
and then began to cut the loaf in pieces
| to begin their frugal meal. But as they
| cut one portion Of the loaf, there fell out
| several pieces of gold of great value The
"a Oh Of nd
springing forward to grasp the unex-
pected treasure, when he was pulled back
by his father.
My son, my sonp he cried do not
touch that money; 1t is not ours" But
whose is it, father. if it is not ours" II
know not, as yet, to whom it belongs; but
probably it was put there by the baker,
| through some mistake"
I'VE must inquire. Run" But,
father, interrupted the boy, "you are
| poor and needy, end you have bought the
loaf, and the baker may tell a lie, and"
/ :" will not listen to you, my boy. /
bought this loaf, but did not buy the
| gold in it. If the baker sold it to me in
j .sao1anee, rhell not be sodishonest as to
lake the advantage OfnIlIm; remembeE
Him who has told US TO do unto others as
we would have others to do unto US. The
baker may possibly cheat us. am poor,
indeed, but that is no sin If we share
the poverty of Jesus, Gods own Son. oh !
let US share also, his goodness, and his
trust in God. We may never be rich. but
we may always be honest. We may die
of starvation, but Gods will be done,
should we die in doing it Yes, my boy,
trust IN God, and tcakk IN HIS rays, and yoll
shall neUa be put 10 shame. Now run to
the baker, and bring him here and l
shall watch the gold until he comes"
So the boy ran for the baker. =" BROTH
er workman" said the old man, "you
have made some mistake, and almost lost
your money; and he showed the baker
the gold, and told him how it had been
found. "Is it thine?" asked the father
"if it is, take it away"
My father, baker, is very poor, and
"Silence, my child; put me not t.
shame by thy complaints. l am glad W,
have saved this man his money" TIL,
baker had been gazing alternately upor
the honest father and his eager boy, anC
upon the gold which lay glittering upol
the green turf "Thou art indeed al
honest fellow" said the baker; and m
neighbor, David, the fax-dresser, spok
but the truth when he sad thou vert tn
: honestest man in town"
"Now / shall tell thee about the gold
/, stranger came to my shop three day
ago, and gave me that loaf, and told m
to sell it cheaply, or give it away to tn
honestest poor man whom knew In tn
! | city. / told David to send thee to me a
} acustomer, this morning; as thou would;
: not take the loaf for nothing, | sold it
| thee, as thou knowest, for the last penC
in thy purse; and then, that with all il
2 treasure-and, certes, it is not small
e thine. and God grant the blessing wit
itr' The poor father bent his head
4 the ground, while the tears fell from h
+ eyes. He ran and put his hand abou
: his neck, and said, II shall always, ik
: you, my father, trust in God, and do wins
/ is right; for ! am sure it will never put l
: to shame" Ed1barg Christian Magazine.