Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-04-03
From the Methodist Protestant.l
ELLA AND HER PROTECTOR.
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TRANS vending their way to their comfortable
homes, were closely muffied in thick cloaks.
God help the poor on such a might a. this
Please give me a penny to buy ONE bread
1t was a weak. timid voice, scarcely audible
above h esraging Of the storm, and came from
a little childseaning against the lamp post
had watched the people as they passed
and repassed her, and then put forth that
heart-rending petition, but it was unnoticed.
Thinly clad in the raging winter storm, with
the ravished CLEAN Of hunger in her wild blue
eyes, she stood, and no one noticed her
would she perish there with so many around
her? Once again the voice was raised in
mingled terror and anguish
"A penny, only a penny, to buy me some
breadr
A gentleman was passing with a little boy,
who was talking eagerly in a happy voice, but
he stopped and said
Father, the girl wants a penny
We have no time to stop, Harry. | never
encourage street b~eggars.'
The poor child heard the words, and the
last faint hope died out of her little heart
she would die there-nobody would miss her;
and the rich man with his little son passed on
to his luxurious abode: He had plenty what
matter if others were dying of hunger? Oh!
AAibA1 hi%AA " via EOod 10 LII I'LL lGlIN Ii
thou wilt not feed tie hungry, and clothe the
naked! thine idoliaed child has plenty now
but the day may come when he will beg q
penny to buy bread; and as thou dealt with
the poor starring orphan, so the Lord will
deal with thinei
But a dellyererWas close at hand ia young
man was returning from his daily labor, and
as the light shone on the little girl, he stopped,
and looking at her, said:
Child, don't stand there; you will freeze
to DEATH
will have to de- she said, Thave no place
to 60 to, and no money to buy bread
Poor little one, come with me; you shall
not die; tell me your name ?
ELLA Montgomery 7 she answered.
Ella Montgomery! It was an aristocratic
name for a little street beggar, and so Frank
Raymond thought, when he asked her where
she had lived when she had yet a home. Poo
little Ella, her simple story was soon told
within her recollection she had lived as grand
ly as the rich man who passed her by. He
little form now barely covered, had been deck
ed in silks and furs, her matted hair had beer
a mothers pride, when it was arranged i
dark glossy curls, but the father lost hi
wealth, and went away to seek for more, leaJ
ing her mother in a small dwelling. The
never heard from him afterwards the poo
mothers health failed one after another
their few articles of furniture were sold to bu
: bread, and at last Ella was left to peris
> where the voung man ound her. Frank Ra.
! mond was a poor young man, therefore /
pitied those in distress, and he gave Ella
charge of the lady with whom he boarded.
Then came the thought, be had taken Il
child, what was he to do with her? His p
rents lived in the country, but they also we
poor, and getting old, he knew not Wheth
they would be bothered with a child even
he bore the expense of her. He could ia
n her to the poor house, or some of the asylum
re that he supposed he would have to do. Th
I'd he looked at the child now warmly clad, |
brown hair curled around her neck, and
bright blue eyes sparkling with pleasure;
st could not send her there, he would write
ne his mother and ask her advice. In answer
IN his letter the mother said: Send her to I
my son, for an all-wise purpose, PROVIDES
here, she viii be company for US; we +,
e. take her, trusting in the promise that ebr
W cast upon the waters, shall be found al
OF many days.
Ella was accordingly sent into the coun
ry with the kind Mrs. Raymond, and proyi
p' for with brotherly care by her young prot
ne tor. He felt that she was near and dea
lllIh IIOlu IN OlIlS III tOOh lGE uIluCT
protection, and he vowed to provide for
ew always. 1t was a great tax upon one in
ell situation; he depended upon the work of
a hands for everything, and it was no small
dition upon his finances, the bringing up
o educating of that little girl. But he ha
airs large noble heart, which embraced in its S
the pathies all the creatures of God. The ne
as, objects from which the rich man turned sc
the fully away, as far as lay in his power he
on friended, and if he could do no more,
tue them a kind encouraging word. Surely
a man ought to prosper; the richest bless
of heaven would descend upon him, and /
IN his efforts of mercy. weak though they "
lam for Christ has said, Blessed are the Nero
IN for they shall obtain mercy
Time passed on under the motherly
Idio of Mrs. Raymond, Ella grew up to be a b.
intelligent girl, and was the sunshine of
ner farm house, and indeed Of the surroun
DIS neighborhood. The early seed of the g
ch- ness sown by the childs mother, Mrs.
nun mond had fostered, and the harvest pr
. to be abundant. An object almost of re
,oh ence, to Ella, was her young protector, Fl
q IA her memory often went back to that fe
night, when the rich man passed the stal
crl- beggar by, and the poor J outh saved her
such a horrible death.
her3 One day Ella had gone to the city or
%siness; and entering a store, she notice
acI old gentleman looking very earnestly al
n oi he at length said:
oya Young lady, you must excuse an old
anu but | Hould like to know your namep
! 'ne Ella Montgomery she replied.
Ella my child, behold in me your lon
ms father oh low anxiously | have sough
r'he for so many years
Upon Yes, the parent so long mourned for as
S.@ had returned again a rich man, and sou
e8- vain the wife and child he had left. He
"ao with the deepest emotions, from his
70 daughter, of that night when Providenc
her such a friend, and in the deepest era
per he sought those kind people. You wer
- oon- in this worlds goods he said. but the r
% of Gods blessings were bestowed upon
~ you shall have your reward here upon
= as well as that crown laid up for you a
!" un Mr.. Montgomery truly showed his era
= 'ne out of his abundant means. He set Fra
10 in business and soon he was a rich ma,
osher elegant establishment, Ella was mistr,
US and their chief aim in life was to do
-, and find the poor and needy that m
80" charity which years before the yOutl
muse showed, characterized the man. and h
euieo far was he, blessed with the love of bis
hirty- tb.n tbe ~ Of afeaP u - IN I,nl 49, :
p tie beggar by, and out of his abundane
= nothing, while the poor man, like the
10y gave his all. He obeyed the comm
sn'ou Him who hath said, Give to him that
aeeef' and he that would borrow of thee tur
e euo not away and IN that land where all