Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Gods Care.

lady was once riding in her carriage
over a mountain road. She saw a beautiful
Hover springing up by the side Of a great
rock. She got down from her carriage, and
thought she would take up the little flower
and plant it IN her greenhouse. But small
and delicate as that flower was, she found il
impossible to remove il because its roots
ran under the great rock by whose side il
grew. And as she took her seat in her
carriage again she thought to herself, q" just
so Jesus, the Rock Of Ages shelters those
who trust in Him" Aud that little rock.
protected flower seemed as it grew in its
beauty 10 be saying 10 all who went by,
"Jehovah-Ireh.'
A young widow with two children was
living Ia the city Of Berlin. She was q
Christian woman, and trusted ia Jehovah.
Jireh 20 take care OF her One evening she
had TO be taken away for awhile During
her absence a man entered her house for the
purpose of robbing her. But the Lord
who provides protected her from this dan.
ger in a very singular way On returning
to her home she found a note lying on her
table, which read as follows
" Madam, | came here with the intention
Of robbing you but the sight Of this little
room with the religious pictures hanging
round il and those two sweet-looking chill.
dren quietly sleeping IN their little bed. have
touched my heart. | cannot take anything
of yours. The small amount Of money lying
on your desk leave untouched aud / take
the liberty Of adding fifty dollars besides. %
The Bible tells as that the hearts of men
are in the hands Of God, and he turneth
them as the rivers Of waters are turned
lie turned the heart of this robber from
his wicked purpose, and in this way lie pro-
tected the widow who trusted in Him.
One morning Christian farmer ia Rhode
Island put two bushels Of rye in his wagon,
and started 70 the mill TO get it ground On
his way to the mill he had 10 drive over a
bridge that had no ratings to the sides Of
it. When he reached the middle Of this
bridge his horse, quiet, gentle creature, be
gan all at once 10 back In spite of all the
farmer could do he kept on backing till the
hinder wheels went over the side of the
bridge, and the bag Of grain was tipped out
and fell into the stream. The horse stood
stll. Some men came to help the farmer.
The wagon was lifted back, and the bag of
grain tished up from the water. OF course
it could not be taken 10 the mill in that
state. So the farmer had to take it home
and dry it. lie had prayed that morning
that God would protect aud help him through
the day, and he wondered what this acci-
dent bad happened for. lie found out, how
ever before long. On spreading out the
grain to dry, he noticed great many small
pieces Of glass mixed up with it, II this
bad been ground up with the grain into
llour, it would have caused the death Of him
self and his family But Jehovah,Iireh
was on that bridge lie made the horse
back aud throw the grain into the water, to
save that family from the danger that
threatened them.
Protection in danger is one thing that
God will provide for Ills people. The recol-
lection Of this should hel p to cure care, or
TO keep us from being too anxious Sunday
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