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which he attended shortly afterw ard, he tu rn ed to the man next to him and spoke to him of th e Christian life. His friend looked a t him in amazement and said, “ I ’ve wondered many times why you never spoke to me about it if you really believed in Christ.” That man was the first of 267 souls whom Heinz won to Christ after th a t time. A Servant Maid Cared Lord Shaftesbury was one of the g reatest men England has ever pro duced. He w rought reform s in child labour, in care for the insane, for work ers in mines and collieries and mills. His reform s bettered th e conditions of many hundreds of thousands of peo ple. His whole long life was devoted to helping the poor and helpless. His paren ts were: worldly, irreligious, and self-seeking in th e extreme. But there was a humble servant maid who cared for him. She told him of Jesus and taugh t him to pray. He used to say th a t his life of philanthropy was due to her. It was surely a g reat fru it to grow from such a small seed. L earn This F rom th e Ant A story is related in Cassell’s "N at u ral H istory” of a gentleman who laid a piece of sweetmeat on th e table, and then picked up an an t and placed it on the sweetmeat. He was astonished to see the little creature rapidly de scend by one of the legs of th e table, and seek his fellows. They appear to have understood the news. He then at once tu rned back, followed by a long tra in of his fellow-citizens, and con ducted them to th e prize. Are there not many who know th e sweetness of the Gospel who m ight learn a lesson from this ant? If we have tasted and seen th a t th e Lord is good, let us do what we can to lead others into like blessing! One Thing Thou Lackest George Whitefield stopped for sev eral days at the house of a general at Providence, R. I. The general, his
wife, his son, and th ree daughters were serious, bu t not decidedly religious. Whitefield departed from his usual cus tom, which was to address the residents in th e house where he stayed individ ually concerning th e welfare of th eir souls. The Iasi evening came, and the last n igh t he was to spend there. He retired to rest, but the Spirit of God came to him in th e night, saying, “O man of God, if these people perish, th e ir blood be on thy h ead !” He lis tened, but th e flesh said, “Do not speak to these people; they are so good and so kind th a t you could not say a harsh th ing to them .” He rose and prayed. The sweat ran down his brow. He was in fear and anxiety. At last a happy though t struck him. He took his dia mond ring from his finger, went up to th e window, and w rote these words: “One th ing thou lackest.” He could not summon courage to say a word to th e inmates, but went his way. No sooner was he gone, th an the general, who had a great veneration for him, went into the room he had occupied, and the first thing th a t stru ck his a t tention was the sentence on th e win dow: “One thing thou lackest.” That was exactly his case. The Spirit of God blessed it to his heart. Tell O thers Dr. Yalpy, the au tho r of a great many class-books, wrote these simple lines as his confession of faith: In peace let me resign my breath, And thy salvation see; My sins deserve eternal death, But Jesus died for me. Valpy is d e a d ;'b u t he gave those lines to old Dr. Marsh, the recto r of Beckenham, who put them over his study mantleshelf. The E arl of Roden came in and read them. “Will you give me a copy of those lines?” said the earl. “ I shall be pleased to do so,” said Dr. Marsh, and he copied them. Lord Roden took them home and put them over his mantle-piece. General
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