“There was a gentlewoman at my house on a visit, and I asked her if she had got the sum of twenty pounds in her pocket, telling her at the same time how much I wanted it.  She told me she had not; if she had, I should have it.  A few hours after, the same woman was coming into my study, but she found it locked, and knocked at the door; I let her in, and she said, ‘I am sorry I disturbed you.’  I replied, ’You do not disturb me; I have been begging a favor of God, and I had just done when you knocked; and that favor I have now got in faith, and shall shortly have in hand, and you will see it.’”

“The afternoon of the same day, two gentlemen out of the city came to see me; and after a few hours of conversation, they left me, and to my great surprise, each of them at parting put a letter into my hand, which, when they were gone, I opened, and found a ten pound note in each.  I immediately sent for the woman up-stairs, and let her read the letters, and then sent the money to pay the debt.”

It is impossible to give in this page any large portion of the life of Mr. Huntington, who was rich in faith, and upon whom God showered abundant answers to prayer.  But, like all of us, he, too, suffered extremely in all the necessities of life, yet ever looked to God above for help.  Of his experience, he says in his own words, after having for years thoroughly tested the promises and faithfulness of God: 

“A succession of crosses was always followed with perpetual blessings, for as sure as adversity led the van, so sure prosperity brought up the rear.

“Never, no never, did the Holy Spirit withhold his prevalent intercession from, me in times of trouble, nor did my God ever turn a deaf ear to my prayer, or fail to deliver me.”

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.”

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THE FAITH OF LITTLE CHILDREN.

HOW GOD HONORS THEIR TRUST, AND ANSWERS THEIR PRAYERS.

GOD KEEPS HOLD OF THE OTHER HAND.

A little boy with his mother was returning from a visit; the night was very dark, and little could be seen ahead.  She led her little boy, by the hand, who trustingly walked by her side.  He had only just begun to learn and remember the stories of the Bible, and he believed and trusted everything he heard.  After walking for sometime in the darkness, very silently, he burst out with,

“Mamma, I’m not afraid.”

“Why, what makes you feel so.”

“Because, mamma, God keeps hold of the other hand.”

This is the beautiful lesson older ones, too, must learn, the simple, childlike confidence in God, which gives no fear, no alarm.