"Her little boy, a child of six years, was sitting by her side scribbling on a slate. He looked up and said:
"'Mamma, do you know what God says?'
"'What?' said she.
"'He that believeth in me hath everlasting life; and God don't want our money. He don't want us to pay the debt with money.'
"'What does He want?' said she.
"'He wants our hearts, and won't you trust Him, mamma?'
"This roused the mother at once.
"'Oh, how wicked I have been!' she exclaimed, 'to murmur against the will of the Almighty. I will trust Him, for He has always cared for me in the past, and I will trust Him for the future.'"
I cannot refrain from making a few comments on this case, and drawing a lesson therefrom.
Trust in the Lord, and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.—Ps. xxxvii. 3.