Christian herald and signs of our times . ut it. An hour or two later one of Mr. Creedsbusiness rivals came in with a request that would help him in a difficulty. He wasoverstocked, and would be glad if Mr. Creedwould take a cargo of lumber off his hands. Hewould sell it below market price if Mr. Creedwould buy it. It was contrary to his usual prac-tice to buy lumber, as he had, up to that time,limited his operations to the brokers businessof disposing of cargoes consigned to him for saleby Eastern men. But perhaps this was the wayGod was going to supply the needed bought
Christian herald and signs of our times . ut it. An hour or two later one of Mr. Creedsbusiness rivals came in with a request that would help him in a difficulty. He wasoverstocked, and would be glad if Mr. Creedwould take a cargo of lumber off his hands. Hewould sell it below market price if Mr. Creedwould buy it. It was contrary to his usual prac-tice to buy lumber, as he had, up to that time,limited his operations to the brokers businessof disposing of cargoes consigned to him for saleby Eastern men. But perhaps this was the wayGod was going to supply the needed bought it and sold it at a price which lefthim a profit equal to his share of the cost of thegallery. A little later his friend came to himwith a similar story of an operation outside hisordinary business which had yielded to him,too, his share. The money was put togetherand amounted to $410. It is all the Lordsmoney, said Creed ; what shall we do withthe surplus $10? Let us give it to the Lord ;and it was sent to one of Gods faithful servants,. Walters Record. {Seepage *6i.) a well-known worker in Brooklyn, who has alarge family of Gods children whose wants Godenables him to supply. It is a remarkable fact that the Christianworker in question was, at the moment he re-ceived the $10, in urgent need of that exactamount, which had to be paid that day to relievea family in sore distress. He had said no wordto any man on the subject, but when the de-mand came unexpectedly upon him he hadlooked to his pocketbook, had found it empty,but feeling sure that God would provide it, hadpromised to pay it. Mr. Creeds cheque for thesurplus $10, which the Lord had sent over andabove what had been asked for, thus found itsway to the place where the Lords servant wasquietly waiting to receive it. A curious coincidence if true ! It is quitetrue—an actual fact vouched for by the writer,who knows the persons and circumstances, andthere is nothing curious about it. Is it surpris-ing that God Almighty kee
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