Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-01
Tried and Proved...A True Story.

Jessie's grandfather is sick ma'am,"
said one Of my little scholars, as | inquired
after the absent Jessie.
am very sorry" said land to prove
that was sorry, started bright and early
the next morning TO visit Jessie and her
grandfather | knocked at the door Of one
OF their two rooms, and the grandfather's
voice said, "Come in" | found only old
Mr.. Fuller in the room he said that he felt
better, and that Jessie had gone with her
matches as usual.
Mr.. Fuller was a shoe mender, and near
his workbench stood little table that held
all the books he and Jessie owned between
them. | noticed that from one of them a
number of threads were hanging, and said :
Does your Bible need binding 2"
No, Miss" said he those threads all
tell me something. will tell you" he
added, as he saw my puzzled look when
| was a young man | was very bad and wild,
and did not care for God or Bible but when
my poor old mother died, she had nothing TO
leave her wayward son but her Bible-her
marriage Bible. didn't care for II then
any more than did before. But one day
found tract that was headed, Come unto
me all We that labor and are heavy laden. and
| will give you rest ! could not get those
words out Of my head, and as went to my
work everything seemed to say, Come and
rest wasn't tired and didn't want rest,
add therefore tried TO get the words out Of
my head. But God wanted me TO come
aud so lie took His own way to bring me.
A few weeks after found the tract, Jessies
mother died, and then her father went off 10
Australia, and left little Jessie for Inc TO
take care Of"
"Then " | was hurt so that couldn't walk,
and sti came the word. Come At last
| thought, Maybe God will give me rest
from my pain, If try Him. So took the
old Bible, and strange to say, | opened just
at the very words so thought, will try
God and see
." But you see, Miss, I wasn't used 10 the
Bible because had wasted all the best years
Of my life, and it took long time to find the
place. SO one day as ! was sewing an old
shoe, thought, I'm just put a thread in at
my verse, so that can find it when | want
10 read it, and think if God really wants
me to come TO Him. for by that time | had
begun to think of my sins and wasted life.
So put the thread in, and after that found
many other verses, and at each one | put a
thread.
AT last really came to God with my
sins, and found that lie was waiting for me.
And so | tried first, and then proved that
the come nds for me then put knot
in the end of the thread to show that it was
proved. For my eyesight is poor, aud
can't read very well, and the thread saves
time aud eyes. have found many other
verses to try, and at each put a thread, and
as they become clear, and | can use them
and prove them, as ! call it, put in the
knots that you see.
And God has been very good to me and
has not thrown me off, for have tried and
proved Him through His Word. There are
many others just as good Seek and We
shall find has knot too"
Old Mr.. Fuller's way was not entirely new
to me. Tried and proved, / thought, as
| walked homeward soon after, thinking of
how he had found Gods words so kind that
they can be tried and proved.-O5serrer.