A GOOD Christian man named Merlin was one of the Huguot preachers in France when there burst out a great storm of persecution. All the preachers had to hide lest they be taken away and slain. M. Merlin hid in a hayloft where none of his enemies thought of looking for him.
However, the trouble was that his friends did not know where he had hidden, and he was in danger of starving in his place of refuge.
Now what do you think it was that came to his help? To his wonder and thankfulness a hen came and laid an egg close beside him. Surely it was God who sent one of His little creatures to minister to one of His loved servants. She came for several days in succession and every time she left an egg. In this way the life of the poor hunted man was preserved until the danger was past.
ML-10/13/1974