ASHORT time ago a gentleman called on a widow, whose husband, a laboring man, had been some two years before brought home dead. She had been left penniless with three young children, and her own health had been, and still was, very delicate. “And did you know the Lord at the time of your husband’s death?” he inquired.
The widow paused for a minute before she replied, and then said, “Yes, sir, I knew Him, but not as I do now, or I could not have asked myself the question that I did when I saw my dear husband’s dead body lying there, for almost my first question was, ‘Oh! how shall I be able to find bread for my children?’ But, ah! sir, my wants have been supplied, and we have been so cared for, that had I known the Lord’s heart then, and how good He is, I could never have doubted about our having enough.”
H. L. T.