Thrilling Facts from Missionary Fields; By Uncle Josephus (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853. Excerpt: ... for, and in due time he was enabled to go up to the house of God, when almost the first object that met his eyes was the " old pulpit," beneath whose droppings his sainted mother felt the first springing up of missionary fervor. Yes, there was the pulpit and there was her son, both witnesses that God is faithful. How little that young lady thought, so many years before, when she placed her sixteen dollars in the contribution-box, that she was thus providing for the future comfort and entertainment of her own child J ut God saw it all; and every wish, gift, effort, tear, prayer which we bestow upon his cause, is "bread" cast upon the great waters of his truth and benevolence, and shall surely return unto us after "many days." MONEY WELL SPENT. In a country town, called Amersham, about thirty miles from London, nearly forty years ago, a good man, having two sons, died leaving to them and his excellent wife a comfortable estate. The. young men soon dissipated their portion, and no small share of their mother's property. She tried various expedients to secure a pittance from their grasp; but seeing the probability that all would soon be gone, she resolved that she would make one offering to the Lord while it was in her power. She accordingly gave the Baptist Missionary Society twenty pounds, or nearly one hundred dollars. Her wicked and extravagant sons, hearing of this, grossly reviled her, and declared that the money might as well have been thrown into the sea. "Andthis," said she, "was what I thought; for God has said, 'Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days, ' and thought, this money may do us all more good by and bye, than it will at present." When all that these young men could obtain had been spent in riotous living, the...