ONE Sunday, as the family were at dinner, Rosie, who was the eldest, noticed that there was but a small piece of bread left for tea, so when her mother offered her a little of it, she refused it. On retiring to her bedroom, the child began to speak to herself after this fashion:
“My father and my mother are Christians, and Jesus is my Saviour. He loves me I know, and I love Him, for I am His. Does He not care that I am hungry?”
She had closed the door, and falling upon her knees, with tears streaming down her cheeks, she said;
“O, my Father, who loved me so much as to send Jesus, Thy dear Son, to die for me. wilt Thou not let the people pay my father what they owe him, so that we may have plenty to eat? The Bible says to those who belong to Thee, and I— belong to Thee,—
O God, Thou knowest we have not bread enough for all of us; Thou knowest my father will not allow us to go into debt for anything. O God, do keep us according to Thy promise; in the Name of the Lord Jesus.”
After this prayer Rosie went to Sunday-school. The Bible lesson was a cheer to her heart. Rosie was met at the door by one of the older girls saying, “I hope you will not be offended, Rosie, but yesterday while mother was baking, the thought kept coming into my mind, to ask her to make one for you,” and producing a currant cake sufficiently large to provide supper for a whole family, she left the parcel in Rosie’s hands, and Bessie Green ran away half ashamed of her kindness.
Rosie wondered why Bessie should think of bringing a cake to the Sunday-school, but the Lord leads people to do strange things, in order to be His messengers, in caring for those who put their trust in Him.
On the morrow one of the father’s debtors called and paid him some money, and in this she saw an additional answer to her prayer. The quick response to that Sunday afternoon’s appeal has never been forgotten, and is still most sweet to her. Years after the occurrence of this incident, she confided these details to her teacher.
Well would it be for us all if we would thus learn with the faith of a child to cast all our care upon Him, for He careth for us. (2 Peter 5:7).
ML 02/20/1927