A merchant some few years ago failed in business. He went home in great distress and agitation of mind. " What is the matter ? " asked his wife. " I am ruined ! lam beggared ! I have lost my all/" he exclaimed, pressing his hand upon his forehead. " All!" said his wife, " no, I am left." ' "All, papa," said his eldest boy, " here am I." " And I, too," said his little girl, running up and putting her arms around his neck. " I'm not lost, papa," repeated Eddie. "And you bave your hands to work with," said his eldest child, " and I can help you." " And your two feet, papa, to carry you about, and your two eyes to see with, papa," said little Eddie. " And you have God's promises," said the grandmother. "And a good God," said his wife. "And heaven to go to," said his eldest child. " God forgive me ! " said the poor merchant, bursting into tears, " I have not lost my all. What have I lost to what I have left!" And he took comfort, and began the world afresh.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1431, 18 September 1872, Page 3
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