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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NOV. 30, II 



MISCELLANEOUS 



EXTRAORDINARY EFFICACY OF FAITH 

 AND PRAYER. 



Stilling, a physician, of Badon, Germany, died 

 ia 1812. His character was of llie be.st. The fol- 

 lowing incidents in liis life are full of interest. 

 Goethe, the celebrated author, who was intimately 

 acquainted with him, says " the element of his en- 

 ergy was an impregnable faith in God." 



In youth, Stilling was extremely poor, desti 

 tnte of the common comforts and necessaries of 

 life. After a long season of anxiety and prayer, 

 he felt satisfied that it wgs the will of God that ho 

 should go to a university and prepare himself for 

 the medical profession. He did not at first make 

 choice of a university, but waited for an intimation 

 from his Heavenly Father ; for as he intended to 

 study simply from faith, he would not follow his 

 own will in any thing. Three weeks after he had 

 come to this determination, a friend asked him 

 whither he intended to go. He replied, he did not 

 know. "Oh," said the female friend, "our neigh- 

 bor, Mr T., is going to Strasburg, to spend the 

 winter there: go with him." This touched Still- 

 ing's heart; he felt that this was the intimation he 

 had waited for. Meanwhile Mr T. himself entered 

 the room, and was heartily pleased with the propo- 

 sition. The whole of his welfare now depended 

 on his becoming a physician, and for this, a thou- 

 sand dollars at least, were requisite; of which he 

 could not tell in the whole world where to raise a 

 hundred. He nevertheless fixed his confidence 

 firmly on God, and reasoned as follows: — "God 

 begins nothing without terminating it gloriously ; 

 now it is most certainly true that he will accom- 

 plish every thing regarding me in a manner worthy 

 of himselt." He smilingly said to his friends who 

 were as poor as himself, " I wonder from what 

 quarter my Heavenly Father will provide me with 

 money." When they expressed anxiety, he said, 

 "Believe assuredly that he who was able to feed a 

 thousand people with a little bread, lives still, and 

 to him I commit myself. He will certainly find 

 out means. Do not be anxious, the Lord will pro- 

 vide." 



Fortysix dollars was all that he could raise for 

 his journey. He met unavoidable delay on the 

 way, and when he reached Frankfort, three days 

 ride from Strasburg, he had but a single dollar. 

 He said nothing of it to any one, but waited (or 

 the assistance of his Heavenly Father. As he 

 was walking the street, and praying inwardly to 

 God, he met Mr L., a merchant from the place of 

 his residence, who says to him, "Stilling, what 

 brought you here?" "I am going to Strasburg to 

 study medicine." "Where do you get your mon- 

 ey to study with?" "I have a rich father in heav- 

 en." Mr L. looked steadily at him and inquired, 

 " How much money have you on hand ?" " One 

 dollar," said Stilling. "Well," says Mr L., "I'm 

 one of your Father's stewards," and handed him 

 thirtythree dollars. Stilling felt warm tears in his 

 eyes ; says he, " I am now rich enough, I want no 

 more." This first trial made him so courageous, 

 that he no longer doubted that God would help 

 him through every thing. 



He had been but a short time in Strasburg, when 

 his thirtythree dollars had again been reduced to 

 one, on which account he began again to pray very 

 earnestly. Just at this time, one morning, his 

 room-male, Mr T., says to him, "Stilling, I believe 



you did not bring much money with you," and offer- 

 ed him thirty dollars in gold, which he gladly ac- 

 cepto<l as in answer to his prayers. In a few 

 months after this, the time arrived when he must 

 pay the lecturer's fee, or have his name stricken 

 from the list of students. The money was to be 

 paid by six o'clock on Thursday evening. Thurs- 

 day morning canje, and he had no money, and no 

 means of getting any. The day was spent in 

 prayer. Five o'clock in the evening came, and 

 yet there was no money. His faith began almost 

 to fail ; he broke out into a perspiration ; his face 

 was wet with tears. Some one knocked at the 

 door. '' Come in," said he. It was Mr R., the 

 gentleman of whom he rented the room. " I called," 

 said Mr R., " to see how you like your room ?" 

 "Thank you," says Stilling, "I like it very much." 

 Says Mr R., " I thought I would ask you one ques- 

 tion : have you brought any money with you ?" 

 Stilling says he now looked like Habakkuk when 

 the angel took him by the hair of the head to carry 

 him to Babylon. He answered, " No, I have no 

 money." Mr R. looked at him with surprise, and 

 at length said, " t see how it is — God has sent me 

 to help you." He immediately left the room, and 

 soon returned with forty dollars in gold. Stilling 

 says that he then felt like Daniel in the lion's don, 

 when Habak'kuk brought him his food. He threw 

 himself on the floor, and thanked God with tears. 

 He then went to the college and paid his fee as 

 well as the best. 



His whole college life was one series of just 

 such circumstances. He was often in want of mo- 

 ney, but he never asked man for it ; for he had no 

 man to ask : he asked God for it, and it always 

 came when he needed it. Was ho authorized to 

 enter on a course of study with such prospects and 

 such expectations ? The leadings of Provi<ience 

 were such, that he had not a shadow of doubt that 

 it was his duty to enter on this course of study ; 

 he prayed fervently for Divine guidance, and felt 

 that he had it ; he availed himself of all lawful 

 means in his power for tlie supply of his own 

 wants, and when he had no means of his own, he 

 asked help of God ; and never failed to receive 

 what he asked for. He became one of the most 

 useful physicians and one of the greatest benefac- 

 tors to the poor that the world has ever seen. He 

 restored sight during his life, to nearly five thou- 

 sand blind people, most of whom were very poor 

 and unable to render him any pecuniary reward. 

 — Rev. Dr. litowe. 



CAAIBRIDGEPORT MrRSE2B>V, 

 Coli^xuliia Street. 



SAMUEL POND, 



NURSERYMAN, Cambridgeport, Mass., has for sale a 

 choice assortment of 



Fruit Treei, Shrubs, and Vines. 

 Among Itiem are the best varii lies of Apple, Pear, Plum, 

 Cherry, Peach, Apricot, Grape Vines, Asparagus, Rhubarb. 



Also— Pear, Apple, Plum and Cherry Mocks constantly 

 OD hand. 



Currents, Gooseberries, Raspberries, ^-c. 



Trees of an exlra size always on hand, and wiUiie deliv- 

 ered to any par.t of the city Iree of expense. 



Orders liy Mail, or otherwise, promptly attended to. 



Oct. 19. Bw 



fknce: chains. 



Just received from England, 10,000 feet Chains, suitable 

 for Fences or other purposes. For sale hy J. BRECK & 

 CO., No. 62 North Market st. Ap'il 21 



AGRICULTCRAIi IMPLEMENTS, &c. ' 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricullural Vj 

 house and Seed Store No. 61 and "52 North Market sli 

 would inform iheir customers and the public generally i 

 they have on hand the most extensive assortment of .i 

 cukuial and Horticultural Tools to he found in the V ) 

 States. Part of which are the following : 

 1000 Howard's Patent Cast 100 doz. Cast Steel Shoj 



Iron Ploughs, 

 30n Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators, 

 too fireene's Straw Cutters. 

 50 Willis' do. do. 

 100 Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shellers. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2u0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 50 " Vegetable Cutters 

 60 Common do. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 O.'i Yokes. 

 1600 Doz- Scythe Stones. 

 3000 " Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



MUCK MANUAI^. 



For sale hy JOSEPH BRECK & CO., The Muck ] 

 ual for Farmers. By Dr S. L. Dana; price SI. 

 Boston, Annl 13. 



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GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTER, 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at the New England A^T" 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 61 and52NortfiP 

 ket Street, have for sale. Green's Patent Straw, Hay 

 Stalk Cutter, operating on a mechanical principle not hf 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most pi 

 inent effects of this application, and some of the coaseq 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requ 

 to use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is suffii 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easily cut? two b 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been clai 

 hy any other machine even when worked by horse or st 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any o 

 straw cutler. 



4. The machine is simple inits construction, made and 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as 

 complicated machines in general use to get out oforde 



GRINDSTONES ON fRICTION ROLLERS. 



Grindstones of different sizes, hung on friction rollera 

 moveu with a loot treader, is lound to lie a great impri 

 meiil on the old mode of hauging grindstones. Stones h 

 in this manner are becoming daily more in use, and when 

 used, give universal satisfaction. The rollers can be atti 

 ed to stones hung in the common way. For sale by 

 BRECK & Co., No. 61 North Market street. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale hy J. BRECK &C 

 No. 52 North Market st. 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for test 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J. BRECK «t CO 



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