DURING the night the great fleecy flakes from heaven had covered the ground with a beautiful mantle of dazzling white. Snow-balls and snow-men were the occupation that day of the children.
An old Christian left his home to earn his “daily bread.” He had gone about two miles through the snow when he met a little girl with eyes all red and swollen, and crying bitterly. Kindly he inquired,
“What’s the matter with you, my dear?” “O! sir,” she said, with many sobs, “I was sent to buy three cuts of wool from a neighbor, and I’ve lost a 50-cent piece. If it were mother’s it would not be so bad, but it is a neighbor’s, and I am afraid she’ll beat me.”
“O! dear, no, don’t fear that,” said the old man. “I have a Friend who will help us, my Heavenly Father.”
He then prayed to God, asking Him to guide them to the lost money.
“Now, tell me, dear, what hand did you carry the money in?”
“The left hand, sir.”
“Very well, we will not look on the right.”
They had not searched more than 100 yards when he noticed a little mark made by the silver when it dropped, and putting his hand straight down through the snow he found “the lost piece of silver.” The little girl’s face beamed with joy as she thanked him.
“Now,” said he, “we have something else to do,” and taking off his hat, he gave thanks to God for helping them to find the money.
Only trust the Lord Jesus, dear children, as that little girl trusted her benefactor, and “though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isa. 1:1818Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18).
ML 06/15/1924