“He had long been in the school of Christ, and had learned to watch for the slightest intimations of His will.  While he was thus wandering around, suddenly he saw a light in the distance.  ‘See,’ he said to himself, ‘perhaps the Lord has provided me a shelter there,’ and, in the simplicity of faith, he directed his steps thither.  On arriving, he heard a voice in the house; and, as he drew nearer, he discovered that a man was praying.  Joyful, he hoped, that he had found here the home of a brother.  He stood still for a moment, and heard these words, poured forth from an earnest heart:  ’Lord Jesus, one of thy persecuted servants may, perhaps, be wandering, at this moment, in a strange place of which he knows nothing.  O, may he find my home, that he may receive here food and lodging.’

“The preacher, having heard these words, glided into the house, as soon as the speaker said, ‘Amen.’  Both fell on their knees, and together thanked the Lord, who is a hearer of prayer, and who never leaves nor forsakes His servants.”

THE NEW COAT THAT FITTED EXACTLY.

“A few years since, a young preacher in the State of Massachusetts, who was laboring in a field which yielded no great pecuniary returns, had laid aside the sum of fifteen dollars from his scanty income, with which to purchase himself a coat, of which he stood in need.  Before he had time to obtain it, there was presented to him a certain charitable object which seemed to demand a portion of his little store.  After some consideration as to whether it was his duty to give as much as the ten dollars, which first presented itself to his mind as the proper sum to bestow, he concluded to follow his convictions, and thus assist one who was more needy than himself, and trust in the Lord to provide the coat.

“Within two or three days afterwards, he was visiting at the house of his mother, in another town, and she, as mothers will, noticed that his coat had arrived at that condition which usually affords the preacher of the Gospel evidence that he is shortly to have a new one, and she made some remarks about its worn appearance, saying, ’It seems to me you need a new coat.’  ‘I know it,’ he replied, ’and I shall get me one as soon as I get the means.’  She said, ’There is a coat up stairs which your brother had made for him not over two weeks ago, which he never has worn but once, because it was made too small, and he said that you might have it, if you wanted it.’

“The coat was accordingly brought down and tried on, and it fitted exactly.  The young man gladly accepted the coat, wondering a little at the wisdom of the Lord in clothing him at the expense of his brother, who was not particularly interested in the Lord’s work, and who was so much larger than he was, that nothing short of the wisdom of Providence could have made a coat that was measured for one of them ever to fit the other.”