Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 20. (5/16/1912)

Review and Herald

May 16, 1912

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 16, 1912

The Life Beautiful

By W. F. Sheridan, D. D.

THE Cologne Cathedral was halted in its erection by the death of the architect and the loss of his plan. No architect seemed able to grasp the complex greatness of the structure sufficiently to carry it to completion. So there it stood for centuries, an unfinished pile of stone and marble, pathetic in its aspiring incompleteness. But the lost plan was recovered. And with joy the work of completion was undertaken and carried forward until the forest of spires stood silhouetted against the sky, and the last statue had found its destined niche—a majestic poem in marble. We are being created an habitation of God through the Eternal Spirit. But why does the building halt? Why rise not the lofty towers and soaring spires? Have we lost the plan, the key to the goodly harmony? The love of God, shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Spirit, the personal possession of every believer,—this is the key to the plan by which the universal church of Jesus groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord.—W. F. Sheridan, D. D.

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“Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give”

By F. D. STARR

F. D. STARR

From the beginning of human history, our benevolent Heavenly Father has demonstrated to us his rich liberality in every way. In the garden of Eden he manifested his interest in our delight and welfare by bidding our first parents enjoy free access to the trees of the garden, the tree of life not excepted. His kind permission is thus expressed: “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.”

The Lord God had made to grow out of the ground every tree that is good for food. It would not be possible to enumerate all of the many varieties of delicious fruits that the Lord provided for man’s use, withholding from him only one, and that the very fruit that would not be good for him to eat. The fact that access to the tree of life was freely allowed is of itself sufficient to arouse an unbounded love, admiration, and astonishment. All these fruits were given as freely as the fragrant air and the pure, life-giving water; and when man failed to appreciate the superior advantages bestowed upon him, and fell in transgression and bondage,—

“In His boundless love and mercy He the ransom freely gave.”

“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely,” is the sentiment by which the Father expresses “the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” And justification comes just as freely as his love. “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” “Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, . . . but with the precious blood of Christ.” Though costing so much, yet this redemption is freely provided; and not only this, but with Christ he will “also freely give us all things.” What bliss to “know the things that are freely given to us of God.”

But, as if all this were not enough, we hear the same voice in the close of the book of Revelation as in the beginning of Genesis, inviting us to partake freely of the bountiful provision that has been made. “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.” “And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”

What now is our part to perform in this benevolent plan, after being so freely favored of Heaven? It is simply this, to give in the same manner as we have received. “Freely ye have received, freely give.” What have we received? Yea, rather, what have we not received? “What hast thou that thou didst not receive?” There is nothing we have, or ever did have, or ever will have, that we did not receive, whether ability, strength, intellect, money, or whatever it may be; we received all, and consequently nothing is to be exempt from the list of talents we hold in readiness to release whenever the Giver may call for them. “Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.” What has the bountiful Benefactor particularly specified as demanded of us? How moderate the proportion designated. “All the tithe . . . is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.” Promptly will every loyal heart respond: “Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.”

An amount so meager can scarcely satisfy the grateful soul that realizes how much it has received. Gladly will the call for offerings as well as tithes be heeded. Such an appreciative mind will not come under the curse that is pronounced against the covetous person who withholds more than is meet. “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me.”

But, says one, Do you think a poor man ought to pay tithe, a man who can scarcely provide for his own family?

God says, “Prove me now herewith, . . . if I will not . . . pour you out a blessing.” “The poor are not excluded from the privilege of giving. They, as well as the wealthy, may act a part in this work.” “The promises of Jesus will as surely be realized by the liberal poor man, who has but little to offer but who gives that little freely, as by the wealthy man who gives of his abundance. The poor man makes a sacrifice of his little, which he really feels. He really denies himself of some things that he needs for his own comfort.” “God, who created man and provided him with all the blessings he enjoys, knew what was for his best good. And through his blessing he made their nine tenths worth more to them than the entire amount without his blessing.”

Surely the poor man wants God’s blessing on his family and on his business. The Lord loves the poor man, and has chosen him to be rich in faith and an heir of his promised kingdom. Then let him, and let us all scrupulously practise this system, which shows how much we appreciate what we have received.

The Song of Spring

By WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

'Tis joy to be near the heart of Spring, To feel its pulse, and to hear it sing.

O the heart of Spring is the heart of youth, And the song it sings, resurrection's truth!

It calls to flow'rets asleep to wake; It bids the brooks' icy fetters break.

It breathes its hope to the wood and mead, Inspiring life in each slumbering seed.

It beckons birds to return and sing, And thrills the morn with their anthem-ring.

It whispers peace for the tears of grief,— A balm of Gilead for relief.

For he who trusts in the King of Life Knows here his might o'er our wintry strife;

And soon, enthroned, Christ will call his dead To wake and rise from their earthy bed.

O the song of Spring is an earnest given,— A pledge to us of the power of heaven!

Portland, Oregon.

Training the Youth to be Workers

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

True education is missionary training. The sons and daughters of God are called to be missionaries, called to the service of God and their fellow men; and to fit them for this service should be the object of education.

This object should ever be kept in view by Christian parents and teachers. We know not in what line our children may serve. They may spend their lives within the circle of the home; they may engage in life's common vocations, or go as teachers of the gospel to heathen lands; but all are alike called to be missionaries for God, ministers of mercy to the world.

The children and youth, with their fresh talent, energy, and courage, their quick susceptibilities, are loved of God, and he desires to bring them into harmony with divine agencies. They are to obtain an education that will help them to stand by the side of Christ in unselfish service.

Of all his children to the close of time, no less than of the first disciples, Christ said, ‘As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world,’ to be representatives of God, to reveal his Spirit, to manifest his character, to do his work.

Our children stand, as it were, at the parting of the ways. On every hand the world's enticements to self-seeking and self-indulgence call them away from the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. Whether their lives shall be a blessing or a curse depends upon the choice they make. Overflowing with energy, eager to test their untried capabilities, they must find some outlet for their superabounding life. Active they will be, for good or for evil. Let the youth be impressed with the thought that they are not their own. They belong to Christ. They are the purchase of his blood, the claim of his love. They live because he keeps them by his power. Their time, their strength, their capabilities, are his, to be developed, to be trained, to be used for him.

We should educate the youth to help the youth, and as they seek to do this work they will gain an experience that will qualify them to become consecrated workers in a larger sphere. Thousands of hearts can be reached in the most simple, humble way. The most intellectual, those who are looked upon and praised as the world's most gifted men and women, are often refreshed by the simple words that flow from the heart of one who loves God, and who can speak of that love as naturally as the worldling speaks of the things which his mind contemplates and feeds upon. Often the words well prepared and studied have little influence. But the true, honest words of a son or daughter of God, spoken in natural simplicity, will open the door to hearts that have long been locked.

Time is short. Workers for Christ are needed everywhere. There should be a hundred earnest, faithful laborers in home and foreign mission fields where now there is but one. The highways and byways are yet unworked. Urgent inducements should be held out to those who ought now to be engaged in work for the Master.

The signs which show that Christ's coming is near are fast fulfilling. The Lord calls upon our youth to labor as canvassers and evangelists, to do house-to-house work in places that have not yet heard the truth. He speaks to our young men, saying, ‘Ye are not your own; for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.’ Those who will go forth to the work under God's direction will be wonderfully blessed. Those who in this life do their best will obtain a fitness for the future immortal life.

The Lord calls upon those connected with our sanitariums, publishing houses, and schools to teach the youth to do evangelistic work. Our time and energy must not be so largely employed in establishing sanitariums, food stores, and restaurants that other lines of work will be neglected. Young men and young women who should be engaged in the ministry, in Bible work, and in the canvassing work should not be bound down to mechanical employment.

The youth should be encouraged to attend our training-schools for Christian workers, which should become more and more like the schools of the prophets. These institutions have been established by the Lord, and if they are conducted in harmony with his purpose, the youth sent to them will be prepared quickly to engage in various lines of missionary work. Some will be trained to enter the field as missionary nurses, some as canvassers, and some as gospel missionaries.

Our young men and young women should be devoted workers in the Master's service. If they will walk in the light that the Lord has permitted to shine upon them, they will see precious opportunities which they may improve, and do God's will from the heart. Quietly, modestly, with a heart overflowing with love, let them seek to win minds to investigate the truth, engaging in Bible readings when they can. By so doing they will be sowing the seed of truth beside all waters, showing forth the praises of him who hath called them out of darkness into his marvelous light. Those who are doing this work from right motives are doing an important work of ministering. They will manifest no feeble, undecided character. Their minds are enlarging, their manners are becoming more refined. They should place no bounds to their improvement, but every day be better fitted to do good work.

Many young men and women now engaged in secular labor will feel stirred to give themselves to the service of God, to become channels of light. Some will feel a burden to enter the canvassing field, and will become able evangelists. Let these be given an opportunity to obtain an education for the work of God. And let all God's workers help, aid, cheer, and encourage one another with their prayers and faithful conversation, impressing one another with the dignity and responsibility of the work in which they are engaged.

He who puts on the armor to war a good warfare will gain greater and still greater ability as he strives to perfect his knowledge of God, working in harmony with the plan God has laid down for the perfect development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers.

Young men and young women, gather a stock of knowledge. Do not always wait until some human examination pronounces you competent to work, but go out into the highways and hedges, and begin to work for God. Use wisely the knowledge you have. Exercise your ability with faithfulness, generously imparting the light that God gives you. Study how best to give to others peace and light and truth, and the many other rich blessings of heaven. Constantly improve. Keep reaching higher and still higher. It is the ability to put to the tax the powers of mind and body, ever keeping eternal realities in view, that is of value now. Seek the Lord most earnestly, that you may become more and more refined, more spiritually cultured. Then you will have the very best diploma that any one can have,—the indorsement of God.

However large, however small your talents, remember that what you have is yours only in trust. Thus God is testing you, giving you opportunity to prove yourself true. To him you are indebted for all your capabilities. To him belong your powers of body, mind, and soul, and for him these powers are to be used. Your time, your influence, your capabilities, your skill,—all must be accounted for to him who gives all. He uses God's gifts best who seeks by earnest endeavor to carry out the Lord's great plan for the uplifting of humanity, remembering always that he must be a learner as well as a teacher.

Success in any line demands a definite aim. He who would achieve true success must keep steadily in view the aim worthy of his endeavor. Such an aim is set before the youth of to-day. The heaven-appointed purpose of giving the gospel to the world in this generation is the noblest that can appeal to any human being. It opens a field of effort to every one whose heart Christ has touched.

‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,’ is Christ's command to his followers. Not that all are called to be ministers or missionaries in the ordinary sense of the term; but all may be workers with him in giving the ‘glad tidings’ to their fellow men. To all, great or small, learned or ignorant, old or young, the command is given. In view of this command, can we educate our sons and daughters for a life of respectable conventionality, a life professedly Christian, but lacking His self-sacrifice, a life on which the verdict of

him who is truth must be, ‘I know you not’?

Thousands are doing this. They think to secure for their children the benefits of the gospel, while they deny its spirit. But this can not be. Those who reject the privilege of fellowship with Christ in service, reject the only training that imparts a fitness for participation with him in his glory. They reject the training that in this life gives strength and nobility of character. Many fathers and mothers, denying their children to the cross of Christ, have learned too late that they are giving them over to the enemy of God and man. They sealed their ruin, not only for the future, but for the present life. Temptation overcame them. They grew up a curse to the world, a grief and shame to those who gave them being.

‘The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly.’ And a world is to be warned.

With such preparations as they can gain, thousands upon thousands of the youth and those older in years should be giving themselves to this work. Already many hearts are responding to the call of the Master Worker, and their numbers will increase. Let every Christian educator give such workers sympathy and cooperation. Let him encourage and assist the youth under his care to gain a preparation to join the ranks.

There is no line of work in which it is possible for the youth to receive greater benefit. All who engage in ministry are God's helping hand. They are coworkers with the angels; rather, they are the human agencies through whom the angels accomplish their mission. Angels speak through their voices, and work by their hands. And the human workers, cooperating with heavenly agencies, have the benefit of their education and experience. As a means of education, what ‘university course’ can equal this?

With such an army of workers as our youth rightly trained might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be carried to the whole world! How soon might the end come,—the end of suffering and sorrow and sin! How soon, in place of a possession here, with its blight of sin and pain, our children might receive their inheritance where ‘the righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever’; where ‘the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick,’ and ‘the voice of weeping shall be no more heard.’

Prophecy Fulfilled

By D. H. KRESS, M. D.

D. H. KRESS, M. D.

Many centuries had elapsed since the prediction was made: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” Zech. 9:9.

The time had arrived when this scripture was to meet its fulfilment, and so Jesus sent two of his disciples, “saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him. And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.” As he entered the city, there was great rejoicing. With one voice the people cried, “Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.” Luke 19:29-38. Thus this prophecy met its fulfilment.

In the providence of God, all was in readiness beforehand; it seemed as if all the little details had been prearranged. Nothing was lacking for the prediction to meet with complete fulfilment. All the predictions concerning Christ’s first advent met their fulfilment. God’s prophetic word does not fail.

We are living in the last generation, the generation that will witness the coming of the Son of man in the clouds of heaven, as King of kings and Lord of lords. A great work is to be done before the second advent of Jesus. The gospel is to be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations. The inhabitants of the world are to be warned of its impending doom, and of the shortness of time. The honest in heart are to be gathered out to receive a preparation that will enable them to meet their Lord with joy.

Upon whom will the burden of carrying the last message of mercy to the world rest? Who is to engage in the work of rescuing the perishing?

“The Spirit and the bride say, Come.” All heaven is intensely interested in the finishing of the gospel plan. Angels are actively engaged in influencing men and women to choose the better part. The city of God, with its gates ajar, extends the invitation, “Come.” “Let him that heareth say, Come.” Every one who hears the solemn message for this time is to accept it, and in turn, is to give the invitation, “Come; for all things are now ready.”

This work will not be carried to its completion by a few ministers of the gospel. They will act their part, but all the believers will take part in this ministry. It is written, “Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.” There are many honest hearts that will respond to the impelling invitation coming from hearts filled with sympathy and love. Prophecy will again be fulfilled. Everything is now in readiness for its fulfilment. All that is needed is messengers that will do what they are bidden to do. There is need of men and women to-day whose hearts the Lord has touched, who in response to the command, “Go ye,” will go and search out the polished diamonds and those in the rough, saying to all, Come; the Master has need of thee.

Every one who responds to this invitation, must become an active worker in the redemption of mankind. To each the invitation, “Come unto me,” is followed by the commission, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,” “and as ye go, . . . heal the sick.” If we respond to the one, we must also respond to the other. The other. Every one who comes must go. When all the members engage in active medical missionary work for friends and neighbors, doing unto them as they would be done by, we shall be surprised to find everything in readiness to meet the fulfilment of the predictions concerning this event, just as the two disciples found everything in readiness to meet the fulfilment of that event.

Loma Linda, Cal.

The Offering of the Red Heifer

By S. N. HASKELL

S. N. HASKELL

The life of every sacrifice, from the first one offered at the gate of Eden down to the cross, was a type of Christ; but the offering of the red heifer is different in many respects from all others. It was an occasional sacrifice, offered to purify from ceremonial uncleanness those who for any reason had touched the dead.

The heifer was to be red, without one spot, thus in an especial manner typifying the blood of Christ. It was to be without blemish, thus representing him “who knew no sin.” It was to be one that had never been broken to bear the yoke; it must be a heifer that had always been free. This was symbolic of the Son of God, who came of his own free will to die for us. Christ knew no bondage; no yoke was upon him. While enduring the agony of Gethsemane, he could have wiped the bloody sweat from his brow and returned to his rightful place in heaven, and left the world to perish. There was no power, only that of supreme heavenly love, that forced Christ toward the cross of Calvary. He came a voluntary offering. He offered himself for the sins of the world, and the Father’s love for the fallen race was so great that much as he loved him, he accepted the offered life of his only Son. Angels were amenable to the law of God; their life could not atone for the broken law. Christ alone was free from the claims of the law, the only one who could redeem the lost race.

The offering of the red heifer was a very imposing ceremony. Numbers 19; Deut. 21: 1-9. The animal was not taken to the temple, as in most other offerings, but to a rough valley without the camp, which had never been cultivated nor sown. The priest, clothed in his pure white garments of the priesthood, led the heifer, accompanied by the elders of the city and the Levites. Cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet were also carried to the place of offering. When the procession reached the rough valley, the elders

came forward and killed the heifer. The priest then took the blood, and with his finger sprinkled it toward the temple seven times. If a person had been found dead in the field, and it was not known who had taken his life, then the elders of the city nearest the place where the slain man had been found came forward and washed their hands over the body of the heifer as they offered a prayer to God, requesting that the Lord would not lay innocent blood upon them. After this the heifer’s entire body, including the blood, was burned. As the flames mounted up, the priest stepped near and cast some of the cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet into the midst of the fire.

The red heifer was offered without the camp, typifying that Christ suffered not for the Hebrew race alone, but for the whole world. If every offering had been slain within the court of the sanctuary, some might have taught that Christ died only for his own peculiar people, the Hebrew race; but the red heifer was offered without the camp, symbolizing the fact that Christ died for all nations, tribes, and peoples. The condescension and love of the Lord are wonderful. Lest some poor, forlorn, discouraged soul should think he was not worthy to accept the offered sacrifice, the red heifer was taken not only without the camp, but to a rough valley so rocky and worthless that it had never even been plowed. Such was the place chosen to sprinkle the blood of that wonderful offering which typified Christ in an especial sense. Even though Satan has so marred the image of the Creator in man that no trace can be seen of anything but the attributes of Satan, yet Christ, with his mighty arm, can raise such a one up to sit with him on his throne. The whole life may be wasted, and be, like the rough valley, of no account; but if such a one will turn his eyes toward the heavenly sanctuary, and plead for mercy by confessing his sins, the precious blood of Christ, of which the blood of the red heifer was a symbol, will be sprinkled over his wasted life as verily as the blood of the heifer was sprinkled over the rough stones of the valley; and Christ will say to the repentant one, as he did to the thief on the cross, who had wasted his life, Thou shalt be with me in paradise. There are none so sunken in sin or in heathen darkness but that hope and salvation are held out to them through the typical offering of the red heifer. This sacrifice was but a shadow of heavenly things. Type has met antitype. Christ suffered without the camp for the sins of the whole world. There are none so sunken that he can not lift them up. It may look impossible to man, the customs and habits of the world may condemn a person, and say he is lost; but Christ can save to the uttermost all who come unto God by him. Heb. 7: 25.

The cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet cast into the fire were typical of the purifying of vegetation and of the removal of every trace of sin from the earth by the blood of Christ.

After the body of the heifer was burned to ashes, a person who was not contaminated by touching the dead gathered up the ashes and placed them in a clean place, and they were kept to be used for purifying those that touched the dead. If a man died in a tent or house, the house and all who touched the dead body were counted unclean until purified. This was to impress the people with the terribleness of sin, with the fact that death came as the result of sin and was a representative of sin.

Some of the ashes were placed in pure running water, and a person who was ceremonially clean dipped a bunch of hyssop and cedar in the ashes and water and sprinkled the tent, the articles within the tent, and the people. This was repeated several times, until all were purified. In like manner, Christ, after he shed his blood for sinful man, entered the first apartment of the heavenly sanctuary to present his blood before the Father, to cleanse man from defilement of sin.

The cedar and hyssop used to sprinkle the purifying water denoted that the person would be cleansed from all moral defilement. The thoroughness of the work was typified by its being repeated several times. David evidently had this ceremony in mind when he prayed, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Ps. 51: 7. Paul’s mind was led from type to antitype when he wrote to his Hebrew brethren: “If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” Heb. 9: 13, 14.

Many read their Bibles and pass over these beautiful types as meaningless ceremonies, peculiar to the Jews, but without significance to Christians. They consider the Old Testament of little value. The Lord through Moses gave that wonderful system of types and symbols contained in the sanctuary service and Levitical laws, and Moses was so fearful lest the people might think he had given them the service that more than two hundred times we find him assuring them that God himself was the author, by such expressions as, “The Lord said,” or, “The Lord commanded.” Moses desired all to know that God had given that wonderful system of types and shadows, not only throwing light from Eden to the cross, but revealing to sinful man the work of Christ from the cross to the end of time. These typical ceremonies, like a great reflector, throw light upon the ministry of Christ that can not be obtained from any other portion of the Scriptures. The Saviour taught that a study of the writings of Moses strengthened faith in him. He said: “Had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”

Type	Antitype
Num. 19: 2. A red heifer without spot.	Heb. 9: 13, 14. Christ offered himself without spot to God.
Num. 19: 2. There was to be no blemish in the animal.	John 15: 10. Christ never disobeyed the law of God. He “knew no sin.”
Num. 19: 2. One that had never borne the yoke.	John 10: 15. “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
Num. 19: 3; Deut. 21: 4. Slain without the camp in a rough valley.	Heb. 13: 12; John 10: 16. “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”
Num. 19: 5, 6. Heifer and cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet, burned in the fire.	2 Peter 3: 7. The earth is “reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”
Num. 19: 17-19. Those ceremonially unclean cleansed by being sprinkled with the ashes.	1 Cor. 6: 11. “But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Portland, Maine.

God Will Provide

By MRS. D. C. Q.

A Personal Experience

MRS. D. C. Q.

HAVE you grievous trials, take them to the Lord. He knows just what disposition to make of them.

My mother died, and my own dear aunt came and invited me to live with her. This I was glad to do. Her husband was a minister, and a bitter opposer of Seventh-day Adventists.

One evening as he came in, he said to me, “Lila, as you have the Bible in your hand, read a chapter, and we will have prayer.” To this I consented, reading the first chapter to which I opened, much of it being on the second coming of the Lord. This was more than he could stand; and when through with his prayer, he said to me, “Lila, I want you to find another home, and not stay with us any longer.” This was very grievous to me.

Without making any reply, I went to my room, and on my knees pleaded with the Lord to dispose of this great trial. I told him I knew not how to do so. I then left my trouble with the Lord, and went to bed, and slept. In the morning I arose, and as usual, went to my work without seeing my uncle. I was at this time sewing for a family across the river from the village in which I was living. That morning while I was sewing, my aunt brought me a letter from my uncle. I took it and read as follows: “O Lila, I did not sleep a wink last night. I felt so sad on account of talking to you as I did, while you did not say a word to me. You have done nothing wrong. Come and live with your aunt as long as you please.”

I stayed with my aunt as long as she lived. Then my uncle told me that there was a present of five hundred dollars for me in the bank. I added five hundred dollars to it, and lent it to the Lord by putting it in one of our institutions.

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