Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-03-07
Double Pr0yidenees.

Nothing is so much needed, in these days
Of sbounding skepticism, as the direct man
Hesitation of Gods hand in answered prayer.
When, as in the story Of Paul and Ananias,
bpf Peter and Cornelius, and Of Philip and
the eunuch, we see the two ends of Gods
work, his double acting, it gives us pow
erful impression of his direct intervention.
God never makes half a providence any
more than man makes half pair Of shears.
II he moves upon one Of his children to pray
for blessing, he moves upon another TO
bestow that blessing. We give the follow
ing samples of the double movement for the
encouragement of the Christian faith:
Frst.--Not long ago an engineer brought
his train to stand in a little Massachu.
sets village where the passengers have five
minutes for lunch. A lady came along the
platform, and said The conductor tells
me the train at the junction in P
leaves fifteen minutes before our arrival.
1t is Saturday night this is the last train.
| have very sick child in the car, and no
money for hotel, and none for private
conveyance, long wav into the country.
What shall do 2" "Well," said the engi-
neer " wish could tell YOU" Would 1t
be possible for you to hurry little 7 )" said
the anxious, fearful mother. No, madam /;
have the time table, and the rules say
must run by it." She turned sorrowfully
away, leaving the brorzsd face of the engi-
neer wet with tears. Presently she returned
and said, Are you a Christian ?" 81
trust | am," was the reply. "Will you
pray with me that the Lord will in some
way delay the train at the junction 2"
"Why, yes, | will pray with you, but
have not much faith. just then the con.
ductor cried, "All aboard" The poor
woman hurried back to the deformed and
sick child, and away went the train, climb
ing the grade. " Somehow" said the engi-
neer, everything worked like a charm. As
prayed couldn't help letting my engine
out Just little. We hardly stopped at the
first station-people got off aud on with
was in the air in half minute, and then
away again. Once over the summit it was
dreadful easy to give her little more, and
seemed to shoot through the air like an
arrow. Somehow l couldn't hold her,
knowing had the road, and so we dashed
up to the junction six minutes ahead Of
time" There stood the other train, and the
conductor, with the lantern on his arm.
"Wel," said he, "will you tell me what |
am waiting for? Somehow l felt l must
await your coming tonight, but l don't
know why" al guess" said the brother
conductor, " it is for this poor woman, with
her sick and deformed child, dreadful aux.
ious to get home this Saturday night"
But the man on the engine and the grateful
mother think they can tell why the train
waited.
Second-A lady who had gone to Florida
in search of health, taking friend with
her, and one who had reached that sublime
spiritual condition, the life of faith in God,
and spent all the money she had with her,
and as she began TO feel that the time was
drawing near for her to come north, she
asked the Lord, if it was best, to send her
twenty-five dollars. After waiting several
days. she found that pair of shoes were
needed and so when next she prayed (for
she waited on the Lord'O she asked for
fifty dollars. A lady of means in Brook
lyn, had the impression that she must give
away fifty dollars, but it was not plain to
whom it was to be given, and, as was her
habit, she asked direction Of the Lord, and
for day or two received no satisfactory
direction. She then concluded to give only
twenty-five dollars, but Immediately her
conscience smote her, and she opened the
Bible at Second Corinthians tx, sixth verse,
and resolved upon giving the amount first
thought OF and this conclusion reached,
the name of the lady then in Florida was
Immediately brought to her memory, and to
her was forwarded the sum of fifty dollars
enough for her TO return northward and
supply her necessities. Who can deny the
work Of the Spirit in this instance, who
brings all things 10 our remembrance ?'-
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