M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-04-18
Trus. In God-wnshlngtoM.

many luhllJ HehIo HSu, IH "SeO'
late little cabin in the suburbs Of
Philadelphia, sat a lonely widow,sur-
rounded by her fat erless children, -
Her husband had fallen in the bat.
ties Of his county, but since then she
Lad can't a scanty subsistence by her
own hands withrut being bur,lenSolne
t" any; aud her little ones though bu
poorly led and clothed, had never iei
that bit'crest ingredient OF poverty
aims seeking from the public. But
recently sickness had laid its heavy
hand upon her, and stern want-star.
walton almost, had followed closely in
its footsteps. Yet did not her faith
tail. She repeated the words that 80
often before had cheered her sad
beart, leave thy tatherless children
and will preserve them alive, 'aith
the Lord" ;""l lave been young, but
now ain old. yet never saw the
righteous fnrsaken, nor Ills seed beg.
ging breaG:" and her heart rose in
,llumbley yet firm reliance upon their
divine Author.
As her children had eaten nothing
all day, and she was still too feeble
even to rise from her bed, she now felt
compelled. though most relunctantly,
TO send forth the eldest OF her children
on his first mission Of begging to seek
from some charitable stranger few
shilliugs to buy bread, hoping she
should soon be again able TO earn ii
by her own efforts. The child, a no.
ble little fellow of ten years, shrank
from sucl an erraud; but seeing his
poor mothers look Of anguish, he
hnsled his own regrets, and rushed
forth into the streets, little needing ir
his grief, what course he took; hut u
higher power, though unse Ell direct.
ed his steps.
As tho child walked mournfully on,
looking wist!ully into the faces OF the
pepOle he met, he WAS too much dis.
,heartened by their cold indifferent
looks to venture to address them
The longer he put it of, the more re
luctant he was to ask the aims he
feared might be refused, and weeping
bitterl, he hurried on, unknown and
unheededed by the busy throng.
Suddenly kind voice spoke to
him, and looking mp he saw u mild.
benevolent looking gentleman, dress.
ed in black, and wearing three cor.
nercd hat. Taking the childs hand
in his, and leading him gently On
ward, the stranger gentleman soon
drew from the little boy their whole
history--the fathers name and death,
the mothers struggles to gain sup
port, her recent sickness, and their
subsequent sutferings; and then he
babe HE child lead hun to his home,
though stopping at provision store
on the way to order supply for the
poor family. Entering the house,the
quick eye Of tile stranger soon dis.
cerued the cause Of rhe mothers fee.
bleness, and introducing himself as a
physician quite snited to her case,
though not II practitioner, which he
said he was sure wonld prove benef
cial. Leaving this paper on the table
after saying a few kind, cheering words
to the mother, he left the house prom
isingtO repeat his visit in few days,
and then to renew the prescription if
necessary.
When he had gone, the widow
looked at the paper, and found it al
order for a hundred dollars to be paid
on demand, and signed by GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
This 10 true incident. Such was
the father of his country, man fear
ing God, not less pitilul to the sor-
rows Of a weeping child aud the anx.
ieties of a weeping mother, than
great in the armies OF bis country and
councils OF the nation. Thus were the
widows prayers answered, and the
seed Of this faithful Christian not sut-
fered to- bfg bread" .e