Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

On one occasion, I went to the railway station with young JackHardy. I picked up Wigglesworth’s bags and was loading theminto Jack’s car when Wigglesworth looked at the fumes puffingout of the exhaust and asked, “What is the matter with that thing?”Jack was apologetic. “I’m sorry, Brother Wigglesworth, I’m afraidit’s smelling a bit.”“I’m not getting in that thing!” Wigglesworth said emphatically.“Well, all right, Brother,” I said. “Jack can transport the bags andwe can get a bus.” So, Jack went on with the bags.“There is a bus that will take us to Leamington Hall, and it willhave Huthwaite on the front,” I explained to Wigglesworth. “Butthere are two buses. One goes directly to Huthwaite, and theindirect one goes by Leamington Hall first. We need the indirectone.”The first bus that came was the direct one. “This isn’t the one…,”I began, but before I could stop him, he boarded the bus. Whatcould I do when the big man got on the bus? All I could do wasfollow him and pay his fare. When we got off, we had as far towalk as if we’d never got on.We are so prone to put men on pedestals, but such an incidenthelps us to keep our eyes on Jesus and not to glory in men. IfHumpty Dumpty had known he was only an egg, he wouldn’thave sat so high up on the wall. While you may blame HumptyDumpty, who helped him get up there? Did you?Alice, Wigglesworth’s daughter, was deaf. In those days beforehearing aids were invented, people who were hard-of-hearingused large ear trumpets. The large end would capture the soundsthey were trying to hear; the small end, they would stick in theirear. There was no way to hide such obvious evidence ofWigglesworth’s failure in praying for his daughter’s healing whileothers who he prayed for were healed.“Alice,” he called to her as she carried in his books before a meeting,“have you got the cases?”“The what?”“The cases.”34