Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

small business with which to meet expenses. Mr.
Garbutt recommended you as being able to
purchase Arnold's patent sash-locks. I want an
assortment of eighty dollars' worth and will pick
them up tomorrow noon and pay you the money."
Now all I would have to do would be to walk
half a mile to the factory and leave the order. They
would bring the locks to my door and I would
receive the commission of $26 which had much
purchasing power in those days.
Soon after the man left, my wife returned and
found me singing. "You seem happy," she
commented. "Yes," I agreed. "While you were at
the store I had company. The Lord has opened the
way for me to go out and preach the message."
When I told her of the order for the locks, with a
flood of different tears she retired to her room to
weep and seek the Lord. Soon she returned as
happy as I and ready to do what she could to
prepare me for my labors. On receiving the money,
I purchased wood, provisions, and whatever
necessary home comforts should I enter the field.
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