p. 516 | A Welcome for the Prayer Meeting

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 28, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 33.

A Welcome for the Prayer Meeting

An old minister had advised the people of a certain neighborhood in Wales to hold 'cottage prayer-meetings,' taking the houses in regular order up the mountain-side. One day a poor woman went to a store and asked for two penny candles. The store-keeper said to her, 'Why, Nancy, what do you want with penny candles? Is not the rush-light good enough for you?' Her answer was, 'Oh, yes, rush-light is good enough for me, but the prayer-meeting will soon be coming to my house, and I want to give the Lord Jesus Christ a good welcome.' Is there not a lesson here for each Christian?—Sel.