The Wildfire Club - The Emma Hardinge Britten Archive

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FAITH, OR HARY MACDONALD. 815
for themselves the legacy of wretchedness, to which the
destitute orphan is doomed .
.. For such I hired this house, without one shilling on
earth to pay the rent. For such I procured the loan of
furniture, without an earthly prospect of repayment. - For
such I prayed to the Father with that faith which Jesus
promised to those who seek it; and for such I found that
prayer and faith would indeed move mountains and cast
them into the sea. Day by day this institution has been
supplied from unforeseen sources with all that is needful to
its support and prosperity. Kind hearts were made aware,
I scarcely know by what means, of my labors, and influenced
to send me money and means, and that always at
the hour of need. If the crowd of little sufferers seeking
for-shelter exceed my means of accommodation, I pray to
God as best I may, and in my imperfect speech present to
him a list of my material wants; and, lo! with the morn- .
ing's light abundance comes; and whether it be meal for
our daily bread, warm clothing for my little ones, winter
blankets or summer fruits, I ask all in prayer from the.
Father of all, and never fail to receive it. Our stock is
now low, and next week will bring many expenses; but
these will be met - I know Dot from whence; I have 1\0..'4
earthly source on which to rely for a barrel of flour, or Ii
penny of money; but it will come - ay, even as abundantly
as the manna in the wilderness to Israel."
Let us quit this blessed evidence of a true faith and simple
trust in God, with the fervent prayer that the gift of
so much child-like reliance on our all-sufficient and beneficent
Father may descend on the wings of the angels who
are now among us, bearing us glad tidings of love, and
stimulating our faith with the performance of supermundane
acts whieh far outrival even these evidences of the