Silas K. Hocking

Name: Her Benny — Chapter 16
Author: Silas K. Hocking

Her Benny — Chapter 16

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“Her Benny — Chapter 16”, is a work by Silas K. Hocking. It explores elements such as Joe, Joe Wrag and oursels.

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ The words that have comforted so many sorrow-bruised hearts—"for we mourn not as those without hope, for them that sleep in Him"—seemed to him to have a new and deeper meaning. For he felt that not only was his little Nelly safe, but that he, too, was secure in the almighty love of God.
For several weeks Joe hardly knew at times whether he was in the body or out of it. Wrapped in contemplation, he would forget "all time and toil and care," and the long nights would slip away like a dream. He grew more silent than ever ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ Are there no tired and toil-worn men and women around you struggling in the darkness and longing for light? Do you want heaven all to yourself, that you invite no one to go along with you? For shame, Joe Wrag, you are actually growing selfish! In your thankfulness that you have found a place of shelter, you have forgotten the many outside still exposed to the storm. ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ The experiment to which we alluded in the opening sentences of this chapter was that of trying to get hold of his neighbours and acquaintances, and helping them if possible to a higher and better life. There were people living all round him—some of them he had known for twenty years—who never went to church or chapel, and who seemed utterly unconcerned about death and the great hereafter that lay beyond it—people whose life was one hopeless round of toil, with nothing to brighten or cheer its dull monotony. Some of them were decent people too, honest and industrious. ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ I can't tell yer all the joys, lads, I've felt, but for a long time I kept it all to mysel'. But the Lord has showed to me how selfish I've been, an' now I want for everybody to get close to the Saviour." For a moment there was silence, then one of the men said—
"But there's wussur chaps 'n us goin'."
"Ay, that's true, lad," said Joe; "but you're all bad enough to be better, an' the Saviour wants 'e all to be good, an' He wants to help 'e all to be patient an' bear the burden of life, an' He wants to show 'e how much He loves and an' cares for 'e all." ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ But God loved us so much that He sent the Saviour to take away our sin an' make us free. An' yet all the time we complain as if our Father made all the mischief an' trouble, when most o' us 'as a-made it oursels."
"Ay, that's true, lad," said Dick Somerset, the man that had spoken most.
"Course it are true," said Joe, brightening up. "An', besides, it may be a good thing for us to be kep' poor an' 'ave plenty o' 'ard work. The Lord knows best, you may depend on't, what's best for us; lots of us couldn't stand riches, 'twould be the greatest curse we could 'ave. ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ Don't stop me; but I used to think that heaven wer'n't for me, and for lots o' us poor chaps—that we didn't belong to the elect; but, bless yer, lads, I know now that the elect are everybody as likes. We are all God's children, an' He loves us all, the bad 'uns as well as the good 'uns, an' He's promised pardon an' heaven to whosoever will. Let me tell 'e, lads, how it came about. A little girl an' her brother comed an' axed me to let 'em warm theirselves by my fire one pinchin' cold night. A purtier little critter than little Nelly never breathed, wi* her great round eyes an' sweet mouth. ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ But I tell 'e, lads, this I know, that God loves ns, ay, loves us, and He'll make everything right and square by-and-bye, if we will only leave it wi' Him."
"I dunna see much sign o' the love anywheres," said the man in reply.
"Pr'aps so," said Joe. "But yer see, mates, as how sin an' the devil have corned in th' world, an' they's made terrible mischief, terrible, and many o' us 'as bin 'elping the devil all wc could, an' so between us we's got oursels into a queer scrape, an' piled misery an' sorrow o' top o' our 'eads. ”

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Silas K. Hocking, Her Benny — Chapter 16

“ It is true they got drunk occasionally, and were not always as civil to their wives and families and to each other as they might be; yet, notwithstanding, they had a soft place in their hearts, and were ever ready to watch by a sick neighbour's bed-side, or lend a helping hand to a mate more needy than themselves. ”

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