THE SECRET OF POWER

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 12, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 31.

THE SECRET OF POWER.

EDWARD PAYSON'S memory is fragrant and strong. An exchange says:—

“When I was in Portland, having an hour to spend, I sought out the sexton of the old church where Edward Payson preached, and said to him:—

“‘Where is the house in which Mr. Payson died?’

“‘There are the remains of it,’ he replied, pointing to a house, partly torn down.

“‘Is it true,’ I asked, ‘that they found the boards in the floor beside his bed worn by his knees where he had prayed?’

“The old sexton said, ‘It is true.’

“Morning and evening the man of God prayed there so long that the very boards felt the impress of his knees. When Payson lived, and when Payson died, he shook the State of Maine, and he shook New England. There was no man in all New England that had the power over men that he had.”