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HELPING THE PREACHER

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 12, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 13.

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HELPING THE PREACHER.

An eminent minister of the gospel once said to an old lady, who had expressed her wonder to him that she was permitted to live, as she could not do any more good, "You are doing a great deal of good; you help me to preach every Sunday." She was greatly surprised, and inquired how it could be. "In the first place," said he, "you are always in your seat on the Sabbath, and that helps me; in the second place, you are always wide awake, and looking right up into my face, and that helps me; and in the third place, I often see the tears running down your face, and that helps me very much."