No. 11.
A DEAR Christian in England, 79 years old, writes: “I had collected the rents as usual, putting each in a separate envelope, and then into a drawer. But when I took the money to the landlord next day, one envelope was £1 short. I could not believe it, all the others were right. We searched, and when I got back I searched wherever I thought there was a chance. Then I turned to the Lord and asked Him if it could accord with His will to bring it to light. I had a desire to look amongst the ashes in the fireplace, so next morning I laid the fire and took up the ashes, looking as I went on, not thinking of despairing, but took the ashes to the dust bin, and tossed them into the sieve, gave it a shake and there was the sovereign. It had been in the fire long enough to mark it on both sides, but it was no injured. I need not say, I thanked the Lord heartily. How it came there will remain a mystery.”
ML 01/25/1903