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Promises, Divine: Uncollected Entitlement
An aged Indian, halt, naked and famished, wandered into One of our
Western settlements, begging for food to keep him from starving. While
eagerly devouring the bread bestowed by the hand of charity, a bright
colored ribbon, from which was suspended a small dirty pouch was seen
around his neck. On being questioned, he said it was a charm given him
in his younger days; and, opening it, displayed a faded, greasy paper,
which he handed to the interrogator for inspection. It proved to be a
regular discharge from the Federal army, entitling him to a pension
for life, and signed by General Washington himself.
Now here was a name which would have been honored almost anywhere,
and which, if presented in the right place, would have ensured him
support and plenty for the remainder of his days, and yet he wandered
hungry and forlorn. What a picture of men with all the promises of
Jesus, yet starving in the wilderness! --Rev. C. Perrin
