, 1877-11-11

Pnrsia. more than 5000 miles away, incIosiDg
4f;n This brother had never seen me-, and
had never seen him, but he had heard about my
mode of life. oul had sent me this us token Of
Love After six mouths I opened second
house
ria first one was for little girls over wears
of are. thc SECOND for little boys and girls under
veors of ayc. and then opened d third house
fnr thirty little boys. Now We had ninety-si1
ornbons and about twelve helpers In these, three
diffarent houses. and all went on we'll with the
snecjal blessing Of God. But after few months
more our money was oil gone, and now had
come the time for the exercise OF prayer and
faith. The beloved brethren may think
ouite the reverse. was full Of Joy, and peace,
md happiness, for now had come the time to
rlorify God aud give proof OF the efficacy
ri faith and trusting in Him. When all was
zone one day, called my brethren and sisters,
the helpers, together. and we had prayer
meeting that God might supply us, and that He
did, Alter time, it went further. The day
com1ncuccd and we had nothing. But God sup
nlicd us again and again. When VIC lacked IL
meal we gathered together in prayer, and some
Sometimes money would come to US from Ire
land. Or Scot1aul, or Canada, or France, OF the
United States, Or India; sometimes FREUD
would bring us something; sometimes jeweler
would come with money ior valuable articles
that he had sold for us: but in one way or anoth-
cr nclp aIways came: These trials continued
for eleven Years, aud in those years we were
thus relieved not ten or twenty, but more than
eleven hundred times. It was comparatively II
rare thin. When VIC had toou for day ahead,
and a very rare thing when VIC had three days
supnly in adyapce Ihe only difficulty that we
ex,,prience,l was that once in one of the houses
the children had to wait half an hour for their
dinner because the relief. had come SO late that
the meat could not be cooked In time.
was nothing to cat, and no money, anl had to
30 homc leaving matters III that condition. I
Rud no money Of NV own, for rs long US llad
nnytbjnr the ORPHANS never wanted, though |
never took any OF their money, never, never
never. Th. next morning I went to the orphan,
housc to see whether anything had come in, be-
cd,,se would have dismissed the orphans be-
fore / would incur any debt. 1 found when I
reached the house that q gentleman had lust
left three gold pieces amounting to about SIS.
lie had come III aud said: alt lay on my heart
to brjug YOU this money now" The most i'm
nortant mart of it I learned more than twelve
months after When the next report was writ
len. I referred to this remarkable answer to
nrayer. Soon after Christian brother came to
me. told me that lie had given the gold pieces
and explained how it had happened.
He was great manufacturer. He
started that morning for his palcc Of
business early, because he expected to find in
his office letters Of Importance which he was
anxious to see After he had walked some dis
tauce, he said to himself I" 1 ought to take
something to the orphans this morning. But
llc reasoned with himself that he had no time
then, aud 1llut lie would do It In the evening.
So he walked on. But this thought was III bis
heart: IL must take something to the
orphans" and so he turned back in the direction
OF the orphan house. But after he hid gone
part of the way he said to himself, " No,
must sec those letters, and | eau 60 in the
Office Walking again some distance the thought
couc arain nnil auain to his mind :. You ourht