Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09

is the God of the poor as well as Of the rich
Mary has grown rich in experience, and her
strong resolve TO find Maggie has brought
her blessing she never knew before, sis
each other than these fellow-workers. Mary
never rested till Maggie shared all her com
forts-home, father, mother, clothes and
school were all divided. From the day they
first met they never parted. Mary was soon
fully repaid by the warm love and gratitude
which flowed from Maggies heart, by the
beauty Of her face now radiant with happi-
ness, and by her many rare powers of mind,
hitherto depressed, but now developing rap
idly amid these new and genial surround
ings These traits quite took captive the
hearts of all that household and brought
new life and joy into home hitherto ignor-
| ant of sorrow and suffering
| Both the girls were indeed beautiful.
One might easily see in Mary's large, dark
eyes the great will and energy she was put
| ting into her life Even her walk betrayed
her earnest purpose to live for some noble
end. In Maggie, the frequent CLEANS of
mischief, filling her honest eyes and over.
flowing her whole face in ripples of fun,
settled at last round the small mouth, and
died only when her work absorbed her.
But one day a storm beat upon this house,
and it fell. Sickness and death entered and
touched with fatal hand two of its inmates,
the father and the foster-daughter. The
daughters place was now beside the stricken
mother. II was her first dark message from
the ALLOWING Father, and she had to learn
to see the love behind the cloud. But the
strong girl stood beside her, and spoke words
almost of inspiration. Had not God left
them thus for some great purpose Must
they not bow to his will, even if they could
not fathom it She was sure he meant
something. What was it ? For hours the
girl knelt in her little room, now so desolate
crying, Lord, what will thou have me to
do ?" It was days before the answer en-.
tered her soul; but it came, and so plain
was the message that she wondered she had
|
up to this time, been used for her own
pleasure. Now she resolved that all should
be different. She had found her proper
work at last. From the story in her child''
book she had felt her way thus far, and now
very slowly it dawned upon her that she
could offer herself as missionary to go t.
some foreign land to carry the glad tiding'
of salvation. Z" But would her mother &c
country and friends ?"
Full of strong feeling and resolution, Mar,
imagined she herself could overcome all diff
ficulties, and she did. She and her mothe
went together. 1t was weeks, even months
before all things could be arranged to carr,
out this cherished plan. The home must b.
sold and other property turned into none.
before they could start; but with the sprinl
came their leave-taking. The voyage wa
not hard nor long. In health and safet,
they reached India, the field of their labor
and soon the hitherto impatient girl wa
about her Fathers business.
For years no buster or happier peop
could be found than Mary and her mother
, They never returned to their native land
For years Mary had longed to tell to all VIII
: knew it not the story of Christ and hi
glad tidings. Every day women and chi
, dren gathered about her aud listened eagerl
, to her words, aud while the eyes of tn
= younger hearers grew big with interest an
e love, the older ones learned from her lips @
s the Savours life and death, and game
some knowledge of the Fathers house an
b the way by which they might reach it. S
2 she led many heather to the true God, an
y shared the incommuncable joy of thos
| that g tnrn rnanv tn Righteousness