The Seven Letters.


The following incident is given by "_The Presbyterian_," on the

authority of a private letter from Paris:



"At a Bible reunion, held at the house of an English Congregationalist

minister, where several colporteurs, teachers and others meet for

devotional reading and conversation, a brief anecdote was related by a

clergyman living in La Force, who established there an institution for

epileptics, where he ha
now three hundred, supported entirely on the

principle of faith, like Muller's orphanage.



"At one time, he found himself in debt to the amount of five hundred

pounds. After a sleepless, anxious night, he found, on his table, seven

letters. Opening five, he found them to be all applications, some of

them most painful in their details, for the admission of new inmates.

His excited mind could not bear it. Without opening the other two

letters he threw them to his wife. 'Put them into the fire,' he said,

and turned to seek relief in the open air. 'John,' said a sweet voice,

'this won't do. Come back.' So he did, taking up the sixth letter, which

proved to be from a stranger, enclosing a check for three hundred

pounds. The other envelope gave him just what was needed, just that and

no more. He thanked God, and took courage. Will he ever again hear the

sweet, sad voice, 'Wherefore didst thou doubt?'"



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