The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-15

% the folks, all without money, an without price
some sech work as this is what I'd been IN on
my boy could do, an jest then Thomas came j.; IN
stood beside his mother. He had the same hal
hers an the same brown eyes, an sometbp, as
me that If he took to preachn', he'd be one of =,
convlncin sort, for must say that nobody's Won
ever took hold of an old sinner like me as Illus Illus
does. ys
Well, my tenth money grew; half the time did,.
know what to do with it. 1 was over to the old,
one DAY an he was ten of a school near l.
winch ne thought would be good place to send ~
Ihomas-hed noticed how crazy the bow was ta
DOCKS an learnin' an the minister said he'd co,.
a lvin' jest out O. the village that would take roaa
care O. Thomas an board him. an he'd be md
good Christian influence uer
What do you say, HuldyY" says 1, as soon ..
I'd got home. '" as
I'D like him to CO." says she, can for the elder,
boy to go with him."
sure enough he should, an that would be a. uso
Tor the rest O. my tenth, an Thomas an Fred vas
awful good friends; they was like David an, 1o
than an what do you think there was q re,+,
!hat' jest like big wave, struck that school IN,
III lact the whole community, an both the bows was
converted, an you can't think how I felt so Glad
ABOUT IT, an kinder streaked too for I knew !,
warn't none O. my doin; I'd been sech poor good
for-nothin Christian all my life, it was enoueb 70
set my Thomas again the Lord
We got the good news on Saturday mornn, an, i;
the afternoon was the Covenant meetin Tt was lest
ABOUT year from the time that Hubby handed mo
.he LORDS Money book. / remember how got I'm
IN the meetin then an talked not because I'd any,
'he 10 say, but ben' deacon, felt as if ought TO
an told the brethren 1 hadn't made no progress an,
an 'nat-Jest what commonly said How could |
talK that way when I'd had a wear n, secb nm
common blessin', an with Hubby beside me a erwin
Tor Joy because our Thomas had been converted No
l Couldn't keep from breakin' down, an thankin the
Lord for his goodness to me an mine an I knew
that glvin my TENTH though it had come so begredg
ln'ly had been a help to me- I wasn't sech a small
waspish critter as was afore
The next year I was man enough to divide nv
tenth with Hubby, an sech good times as we had
nvestln it, Now, Hubby great on what we call
the lnasmuch charties'-"Inasmuch as We hav.
done it unto o. the least o. these" ETC. She was
always fndin' some bed-ridden old woman to help,
or crippled child, case o. need while could
not hardly sleep night thinEin O. the great West
with the foreigners comm into it, an of the poor
freedmen of the South of the great heather world
that so needs the gospel We'd spend hours an
hours talkin' it over, an we did so we'd get
nearer to each other an trust near to the Lord
It's now been good many years that we've been
tryin' this tenth business an wouldn't 90 back
to the old heter-skelter way o. givin for anythin
Hubby has jest been to the city to see the children
an she came home with her face all aglow Our
Thomas an the minister's Fred, who married
Mary, have gone into business together an are dom
first rate but that isn't the best of it, they've start
ed mission in the wickedest part o. the city and
Hubby said it did her old soul good to hear those
young voices ten' them poor ignorant ones of the
love of Jesus, an to 'em lisenin' an comm
into the kingdom.
AS I'm closin' I've got this much to tell you;
II you want to be happy Christian you must let
your prayin and praisin' an givin 90 together an
will say that Hudly never did better thing for
me than when she gave me "The Lords Money" book
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