Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19

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H was ! 1t 'ms the night before he
WIS gong aw Ay; his mother came to his
room Tor Attle talk.
cow , g, 'ebert, she said, as she was
n ,,na,: here is one thing want you to
piu W. q me, will you?"
49,, non't know about that" said Rob-
! must know what it is first"
So," said the mother, II want YOU
" promise first, and then I will toll
you" WA
But mother, q boy mustn't promise
th'ng until he knows what it is about:
can't do that"
1T Is a good rule, generally" she
sad but don't you think mother is
inherent from other people? You can
trust her."
That is true," her son said, after O
thoughtful pause. II can trust YOU,
mother, where 1 can't myself; we'll, go
ahead; l promise; now what is it?"
Il want you to read few verses in
.ne New Testament, and pray to God
,or MS blessing, every day of your
hfe' wherever you are. And remember,
my son, you have promised"
robert was not the boy to break his
word; if he had been he would have
oeen more careless in passing it. Often
ne was tired and sleepy, and sometimes
he felt like anything else rather than
reading the Bible and praying; but
there was his promise; he never broke
it.
Not SO very long after that. though,
he grew to loving the reading and pray
ing so that he felt he could not do
without them.
Soon aftcrward he was walking
through the street one evening, and he
saw hand-bill which told about O
missionary meeting. 1t was an old bill,
and the meeting was over, but some
thing about it interested Robert.
He wanted to know more. He studied
the name on the bill, and finally made
up his mind that he would go to the
mans house and find out all he could.
The man was minister. Away rushed
Robert, but by the time he had knocked
at the door he began to wonder what
he would say, and what the minister
would think of him. He had half q
mind to run away; but the door was
opened, and he went in.
There is long story between that
and the next two years, but it was just
two years from that time that the Lon
don Missionary Society sent Robert to
Africa. That was the year 1892.
Eighteen years afterward he came home
to make visit; he had become a very
eloquent speaker, and great crowds Of
people gathered to hear him tell about
missions in Africa.
AT one meeting there was an old min
lister, who listened with great interest,
and was finally invited to meet the
missionary at friends house and have
a talk with him.
When they met in the parlor, almost
the first words the old man said were ::
Your name reminds me of good wo-
man L used to have in my church in
Cambridge Her name was the same as
yours. She used to come to my house
for books and tracts, and + had long
talks with her. She was 3 very good
woman. She had little curly-headed
hoy, in whom 1 was much interested. I
have often wondered what became of
him."
"Oh," said the missionary, his face
aglow, it can't be that you are Mr..
Caldwell! Why, L ought to know you,
and You ought to know me. I'm the
little curly-headed boy. 1 remember
your house and the garden, and the
corner where the potatoes grew, and
everything"
1 wonder how many of my pansies
guess that i have been telling them
about the great missionary to Africa?
If you want to be better acquainted
with the "curly-headed boy" and the
great things he did for Christ, you must
read the life of DR.. Robert Maftat.-
Pansy.
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