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THE LORD'S PRAYER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 9, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 15.

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THE LORD'S PRAYER.

Mr. Hay, in his work on Western Barbary, tells the following anecdote.
On one occasion, traveling in the Barbary States with a companion who had some knowledge of medicine, we had arrived at a door near which we were about to pitch our tents, when a crowd of Arabs surrounded us, cursing and swearing at the rebellers against God.
My friend, who spoke a little Arabic, turning round to an elderly person, whose garb bespoke him a priest, said, “Who taught you that we were unbelievers? Hear my daily prayer and judge for yourselves.”
He then repeated the Lord’s Prayer.
All stood amazed and silent, till the priest exclaimed: “May God curse me, if ever I curse again those who hold such belief! Nay, more, that shall be my prayer till my hour be come. I pray thee, O Nazarine, repeat the prayer, that it may be remembered and written among us in letters of gold.”—Exchange.