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Preaching to Two Hearers

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 15, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 3.

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Preaching to Two Hearers

"ONE March day," said the venerable Methodist divine, Bishop Pierce, of Georgia, "I rode ten miles through drenching rain to Flatrock Chapel, only to find two persons there, a man and a boy. After waiting a few minutes I said: 'We might as well leave here, as there will be no congregation.' But the man quietly responded: 'Through five miles of pelting rain I have come to hear preaching.' I saw my duty, and replied: 'You are right. You are entitled to it.' For one hour I addressed my little congregation, and was never listened to with more attention."—Every Other Saturday.