Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-16

Then she looked mp in her sweet, inno-
cent way and said: Now | must say
my prayers Who will say them tor
This was a harder proposition for the
men TO solve than the othes At last
one miner said. Come, my darling. and
say your prayers to me-" When the
little one knelt, the tears came yelling
out of the miners eyes. He pushed
her off as he said, mo. my little one;
am not good enough for you TO say
your prayers TO me-" Another miner
tried IT, He broke down. At last the
little girl knelt by her bunk. When
she commenced to pray the old prayer
Now 1 lay me down to sleep.
l pray the Lord my soul to keep
and ended up that prayer with the
plea that God would bless the good
men who were looking after her, there
was not dry eye in that cabin. Many
Of those rough, stalwart men. through
that child's example, were led to give
their hearts TO God. AS a result of
that little girls visit these rough min
ers built church. They brought to
that church a minister. The minister
declared that in all his life he never
/ preached to a more impressionable au-
dience than those rough men, who had
/ been brought into touch with that little
/ child prayer.
You assert that that child's gospel
/ influence is the exception? | know 1t
/ is not. | know that q man never on
| earth comes as near to heaven as when
his little baby boy or girl kneels by his
side and in trust and love says baby's
evening prayer. God pity the man
who never knew that joyI God forgive
the father Who has dulled his ear so
| as not to hear such message, who has
blinded his eyes to shut out such a
sight, which in angelic form can come
to him in bare feet, robed in a little
white nightgown. Brother, do not tell
me that Naasson's childhood was vast
ed years. Do not for a moment sup
pose that although you may be an ordi-
nary man living an ordinary life in an
ordinary home your little cradle had
no gospel significance in the lives of
your Christian parents.
Naasson Like Most of Us.
Naasson's matured manhood teaches
that God provides for the humblest of
his children as well as for the greatest.
Who was Naasson? He had q father
named Aminadab and a son, Salmon.
That is all we know of his direct con-
nections. They were evidently as hum
BILE as himself. There was certainly
nothing extraordinary about this man.
History makes no mention of Naasson
leading a great army. Among all the
leaders of the Bible there is no record
ed speech spoken by his lips. Whether
be was in physique tall or short, wheth
er he had light hair or dark, blue eyes
or black, a broad or a narrow chest
must be all left to conjecture. But this
fact is certain-whetber he was the
humblest individual who ever lived OIL
no, God took care of him, God fed him
God clothed him, God saw him grow III
to full manhood Then when his work
however small, was done God took hin
to himself. In other words, NaaSsOI
was like the most of us, who are with
out any particular talent or power OF
leadership. Yet God is caring and feed
ing and clothing and housing us, JUS
as he feeds the bird of the air an(
clothes the lily Of the field.
, o obscure man, in the humble walk:
of life, do you not realize that in spite
of yourself you are preaching whereve
, you go the protecting care of the low
of God? 1t is not surprising that wiz
ard of inventions like Thomas A. Ed
, son can earn his daily bread; it is no
! surprising that gigantic intellect Xix
, that of Andrew Carnegie can accumu
late fortune when he can crowd tn
Monongahela and Allegheny river
, with his works, the long tunnels every
where at night shooting out thei
= flames until it makes the surroundin
, regions of Pittsburg look, as Rev. Dl
: John Hall once expressed it, "as the IL
q fernal regions with the lid off, it
! not surprising that lawyer like Seal
n gent :. Prentiss should have a larg
n income wheD,by his eloquence he coul
a charm not only the masses, but ais
: such leaders of this country as Ruff
n Choate, who turned to Daniel WebSte
! at the conclusion of one of his grafton
o and said. did you ever hear a speec
n more eloquent than that?' Never
d answered Webster, except from Sea
r gent S. Prentiss himself" But tbs
o q man of ordinary intellect and ever.
s day abilities can at all times earn
o livelihood for himself and wife an
$ children is surely to be explained by
"a revelation of the divine goodness. VIII
It some people have not hardly enoug
# brains to tell their right hand fro
p their left, yet God cares for them, &c
le feeds them and clothes them, just ;
he cares for that poor widow who
left financially stranded with lar,
number of children strapped to b
= back. He feeds and clothes them ju
- as lie cared for Naasson or as he b;
- been caring for us