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To: jbe who wrote (44049)	7/5/1999 11:21:00 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 108807

The Angel of Little Things from The Angels of the Earth by Wilson MacDonald Reprinted without permission by Graystone The Angel of Little Things There once was a man whose shoulders were heavy with the weights of many failures, and he set out one morning, as usual in his life-long hunt for the Angel of the Great Rewards. He had not gone far, when he met a woman who was dressed so simply that no one seemed to be aware of her presence. Neither would he have noticed her had she not called to him: "My friend, you seem to be searching for something or somebody. Perhaps I can be of help to you." The man looked at her plain clothes and at her unattractive face and he replied: "You can be of no assistance to me. I am searching for the Angel of the Great Rewards." "I knew you were looking for her, " said the woman quietly. "Many people are out this morning and every morning looking for this Angel whose eyes, they have been told, are diamonds, whose garments are costly satins and whose fingers are yellow with gold. But no one has ever found her who did not first walk with me. I am the Angel of Little Things." cont'd... The Angels of the Earth by Wilson MacDonald Printed by : Thomas Nelson & Sons, Limited of Canada 1963

To: jbe who wrote (44049)	7/5/1999 11:21:00 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 108807

The Angel of Little Things or cont'd.... The man looked at the Angel a second time and saw that her eyes were lovely with light, and he said: "Whither thou goest , I will go, and whatever thou commandest, I will do." Then the Angel of Little Things took him to an acre of land that was covered with debris and filth and she said in a low voice: "When you have made this place clean and sweet come back to me and I will find other work for you to do." "But what shall I be paid for this task?" asked the man. "There is no pay," answered the woman, and before he could reply she was gone. The man gazed at the chaotic acre of land and turned away, but as he did so the memory of the beautiful eyes of the plain woman came to him and he went into the field of filth and worked until the place was as clean as a country meadow. He had scarcely finished this work when the Angel of Little Things came back with more work and heavier tasks, which the man performed without complaint. When he had completed the the last of his labours he he said: "O, Angel of Little Things, when shall I meet the Angel of the Great Rewards ?" cont'd... The Angels of the Earth by Wilson MacDonald Printed by : Thomas Nelson & Sons, Limited of Canada 1963

To: jbe who wrote (44049)	7/5/1999 11:21:00 PM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The Angel of Little Things or cont'd... As the woman did not answer he looked up and saw an Angel of great beauty: her head was bound with with a circlet of stars and her eyebrows were two rainbows; but her eyes were the same as the eyes of the Angel of Little Things, and the woman said: "I am the Angel of the Great Rewards." "Where, then is my reward, O Angel?" cried the man. The Angel did not answer, but took the man's hand and led him back first to the acre which he had rescued from a chaos of dirt. Here he saw red-cheeked, happy children playing, and old men and women sunning themselves on the benches which fronted the paradise of flowers. "Here is my pay," said the Angel of the Great Reward, " and it is the only money which is negotiable in the Kingdom of God. Reprinted without permission by Graystone The Angels of the Earth by Wilson MacDonald Printed by : Thomas Nelson & Sons, Limited of Canada 1963