The Faithfulness of the Lord.
A PASTOR named Augustus Schultz, who was settled in a village near Berlin, had a very small salary. But when occasion offered for him to give to the poor, he seemed to be rich, and gave freely. Some said that he was even extravagant in his charities. Perhaps there was some foundation for the reproach; but if he gave too much he acted from love to God, and God did not forsake him. It happened one day—and this was not the first time—that there was not a morsel of bread in the house; nor money to buy any. The pastor Schultz asked his wife to set the table as usual. "But my dear," said his wife to him, "you forget that we have nothing to eat." "Be easy," answered the faithful servant of God, "the Lord is able to give us what we need." The table then was set out, the cloth spread, but there was nothing upon it. The pastor and his wife prayed. During their prayer, a loaded wagon stopped before the pastor's house. It was filled with bread, and other food, which some christian friends had sent to the good pastor, whose beneficence they knew. The servant of Christ realized then that the Lord never forgets those who trust in his goodness,