Benjamin said, 'Brethren, the teacher of our school
was one day explaining the verse, "Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth
of the ox that treadeth out the corn;" and Mr. Stoddard, who stood
near, added, "But the Nestorian oxen eat from the straw of America."
That word has worked in my heart ever since. I trust that,
hereafter, we will eat our own straw.' That night we lay awake a
long time for joy. In the morning, before I was up, my uncle and his
wife came and promised a load of wheat [five bushels]; and when
passing through the village, a woman put an ornament in my pocket to
sell for the cause.
"Monday we came to the city for the gospel day [the concert is held
there on Monday], and every one who met us remarked our glad faces.
In the meeting, after Mr, Coan spoke, John opened a bundle of the
gifts, and Moses described the scenes of the day before. I said,
'One toman led to sixty in our village yesterday: perhaps it will
lead to hundreds more. Many times the good in the heart of the
Christian comes up into his mouth, and then goes back; but when the
power of God prevails, it not only comes into the mouth, but comes
forth and abounds.
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