A LITTLE child, being very weakly in body, was ordered a fresh egg every morning. On one occasion, the supply of country eggs being exhausted, his mother said to him at the breakfast table, “There is no egg for Georgy this morning.” The little child paused, and looking up, said, “Lord, Georgy, negg, negg. Amen.” The mother, in astonishment, said, “Well, we shall surely have an egg today, no matter where it comes from.”
No more was thought of the matter until the mother, in the course of the day, called at the butcher’s to purchase some meat, not imagining for a moment that the prayer of her infant boy would be so markedly answered. The butcher said to her, “Ma’am, would you be offended if I were to send up a lovely fresh egg for the baby? It is just laid, and I thought, as he is delicate, he might like it.” Now, he had never done aught like this before, nor has he ever done it since; neither was he aware of the fact that the child really needed the egg. The Lord, I believe, made him think of it, in order that the infant’s prayer might be answered, and the unbelief of older hearts be rebuked.
Oh for a more artless, childlike confidence in him, who is the hearer, the answerer, and the lover of believing prayer!