Won by Faith

The providence of God sent across my path some years ago a thief who had been in prison over twenty times. I could find no work for him here, because he was well known, and therefore I sent him across the ocean to America, but his character followed him, and he was returned to England. At length we obtained work for him out of Manchester; and he turned out to be a faithful employee. One day the manager of the business was removing his goods to a new house, and the mistress—who did not know what the man had been—called him, saying, “John, this basket contains all our silver; will you please be very careful about it, and carry it to the new house.” I said to the man, “And what did you do?” He said, “When I got outside, I looked into the basket and saw the silver shining. I lifted it up, and it felt very heavy.” “Well, what did you do then?” He replied, “I cried, because I was trusted.” Of course, he carried it safely.