Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-22
AUNT MARY WORKED AND
PRAYED

Dear Social Corner friends: think |
will tell you an exciting experience /
had few Guys ago As sat a! the
table eating my lunch ] thought that l
slnelleG sntfe. as e grass was ot:rn-
ing, and iCohing toward the railroad
couIG not see anything but smoke.
ran to the !ndoW an ",s horror
struck to see a great cloud of smoke
coming around the end of the wood
shed, seemingly coming directly from
the woodshed itself. Only waiting to
put a covering for my head, as the 1
wind was blowing with terrific force,
snatched a broom and as there was Ito
water pumped I did not dare to wait
10 Jump arg tbut should have gained
tine if I had). I ran aroun the end
OF the shed, although me grass VAS
atre all along by the side of the VAL
to the cross road. I found the fire was
burning dry grass close to some dry
timber lying against the end of the
| woodshed. It was already blazing right
on top of one of the logs, but had not
| caught into the wood.
l cried with all Of my soul: ooh,
Lord, neip!" =. worked with all Of NV.
| might, bur the smoke WIGS s.is1bst
binding and chnKing me, but sIc-
ceeded in putting out he blaze there
before = caught N the logs, In; for
several yaTis a:orS ;r@tld the blaAa
was coming rapidly toward the house,
driven by the fierce wind. Oh, how I
did work, fearful every minute that
my clothes would take fire, for the
blaze was often higher than by head.
How I did pray: ooh, Lord, send me
help AMI keep my clothes from takins
| fire."
Il seemed every minute as if would
have to give it up, the heat and su'DEe
| -; hut r foIf I,s,@
The w.n5 W""ld Surrey carry the 1ia as
to the house if [ did not put them out
So | worked with all my might and
prayed with every breath: Send HELM
oh, Lord" For I knew that the fire
was on the other side of the house.
too, and ] feared it would get to the
house before could put it out where
II was; but I was on the eide where
the wind was driving it with great
ifuTte right toward the house, so I dig
n0L dare to leave it while there wAs
luy blaze. ior The wind fall-.d eveIy
little Spark ir to flame. When /
hnally got it s:Ildued SO 7 cared It.,S G
it | hurried around to the other side
as fast as my tired and trembling
limbs could carry me and found that
1t had reached within a short distance,
/, just a few feet of the rose trellis,
which the wind had blown over
against the end of the house.
At the base of he trelIis was a lot
of rank dry grass left there to protect
the roots of the rose bushes curing
the winter. II it had reacne.' that it
would havp .,een like a loren to set
the t1ellis on fire, d, . was blown over
against the house AMI with its we.cht
OF rose canes woti& haze made HOT
fire right again It the house.
= AS ! hurried arr III there as fast as
could l found my nearest neighbor,
!. John Woodland his son working like
heroes putting out the last remnant
OF the fire just before it had reached
that dangerous rose trellis | was just
ready 10 drop with exhaustion but had
strength TO say: Bless the Lordl Oh,
my soul, and all that is within me
! bless His holy name!"
| Do ycG wonder that | believe in d.
Iroc! answet to prayer? Our eXtre.li-
ty is the Lords opportunity. I don't be-
!, Icy" fer ii mute that t,4C mot
HXer d -, ny strength 10 do all that
, could to eXtinguish the fire that God
would have answered my prayer If ]
rad been helpless and could not have
done anything that would have been
different. God does not require i'm
possibilities of us, but does not do Tor
US what we can do for ourselves. We
are 10 work as if it all depended on US
and pray as if it depended on God. as
a 1t really does in one sense
: With ali good wishes for the Social
Corner Friends
AUNT MARY.