"I think I may say I have always found them so," said Aunt Ruth, "for when by a promise we get into God's presence, it is wonderful what a feast He spreads for us, 'enough and to spare'; worth all the trouble of getting in."
"Is it easy to find promises?" asked Tom, "For I should never know where to look."
"You would soon get used to it, especially as there are quite 30,000 promises in the Bible."
"Are there, Auntie?"
"Yes. Did you never hear the story of the old woman who put T.P. on pretty nearly every page of her Bible? Some one asked her what T. P. meant, and she said, with great satisfaction—'T. P., Tried and Proved. I've tried and proved every one of those promises, and found God faithful!'"
"I like that!" said Oswald. "Now let's get a promise each for to-day!"
"How would you like to have the same as mine?" said Aunt Ruth, "And to-morrow you can each get a fresh one for yourselves?"
This met with great approval, and Jean wrote on a strip of paper and slipped it into her Bible—
"Certainly I will be with thee!"