A little negro boy, whose parents were slaves, wanted very much to learn to read and write. In those days his people were not allowed to go to school, but the little fellow went to the schoolhouse anyway. He could not go in, so he sat on the doorstep, and cried.
Then he went into the woods and prayed, “Lord Jesus, please help me to go to school. I want to learn to read and write. Please fix it so I can learn.”
God answered little George’s prayer. A kind lady that very day gave him a spelling book which he studied earnestly. Then later he did go to school, and finally he went to college. He became a famous scientist. He was a great blessing to his own poor people and to this whole nation as well.
His name was George Washington Carver.
ML-05/23/1976