Notes

Long ago there lived an old shoemaker named martin martin lived alone in his humble shop but his work was of the finest quality. and he was always honest with his customers he tried to live they way the savior taught one night he heard a voice martin martin look tomorrow on the streets for i am coming martin awoke unsure if he had been dreaming that morning he set to work as usual but could not help but look steadfastly out the window on to the street just in case his beloved savior appeared as he was watching martin noticed and old soldier out in the cold shoveling snow martin invited him into his shop and gave him something warm to drink later in the day martin noticed a young mother cradling a small child in her arms she had no coat martin insisted she come in and warm herself by the fire he learned that the day before she had sold her shawl to buy food after she had eaten the old cobbler gave her some coins and gave her his own coat in the evening an old woman selling some apples appeared a hungry little boy came along and tried to steal an apple but the woman grabbed him and threatened to take him to the police martin rushed out into the street and begged her to let the boy go martin payed for the apple himself and gave it to the boy who promised to not steal again martin returned to his shop and kept working and when night came he put his tools away disappointed that he had waited all day and his savior had not come as he lit the candle however a voice whispered to him martin martin did you not recognize me? from the dim corner of his shop the old soldier the mother and her child the boy and the old woman stepped into the light it is i they whispered and then the old cobbler understood he pulled out his well worn scriptures and read these words for i was an hungered and ye gave me meat i was thirsty and ye gave me drink i was a stranger and ye took me in in as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me then martin knew his dream had been real after all and the savior truly had visited him that day.