INTERESTING INCIDENT by James White

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 26, 1856

INTERESTING INCIDENT.

By James White

At the Tent-meeting at Waverly, Mich., were two boys from a distant neighborhood, one quite small. There was a query in many minds whether his parents knew of his coming; but he was cared for, and provided for during the meeting. On Third-day morning, as Bro. Lowree and myself were riding along on the Tent-wagon, we were hailed by a boy by the roadside, and soon recognized our little friend of the Tent-meeting. We stopped and conversed a moment with him; his parents were absent, and we gave him a couple of books and commandment cards, and were about to proceed on our journey when the mother came in. We then concluded to tarry a little longer, and the lad was sent after his father.

From him we learned that the boy, who was about twelve years old, though small, had heard Bro. Cornell last Winter, and became very much interested in him and his lectures. When he heard of the Tent-meeting he obtained his parents' permission to go, that he might hear more, and so went on foot a distance of about twelve miles, to hear the good news! He was well pleased with the meeting, and gave his parents a good report of what he had seen and heard.

His attachment to the commandment-keepers was a point of interest to me; he said also that he loved the Sabbath. After conversation and prayer with the family, we resumed our journey; and I felt that I had there enjoyed one of the most precious privileges of pilgrim life.

The Saviour says, "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Alas, how few there be of the multitudes that have ears to hear; and how many of "the wise and prudent" of the world will the example of this boy rise up against in judgment. J. H. W.