A BREAKFAST FROM GOD

A travelling merchant, who was in the habit of making Andrew Sutherland’s house a halting place, arrived there one Saturday evening. He was, of course, asked to remain over the Sabbath, and share with the family the last meal that the house could furnish. Next morning, as the stranger was about to leave, his host said, “Stop; you must not go without your breakfast.” Andrew’s wife whispered to her husband, “Don’t you know we have nothing left for breakfast?” He replied aloud, “Put the dishes on the table.” Then, retiring, he knelt down to pray, beginning thus: “Lord, emptiness is our side of the covenant; fulness is Thy side of it – here is our emptiness; where is Thy fulness?” and so continued till interrupted by a knock at the house door, when a neighbour entered bringing food, cooked and ready to be eaten.

Alexander Auld