The Lord Arrested Him

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 4, 1914

The Lord Arrested Him

THE following experience is given by one of our workers while laboring in an island field:—

"For a long time we used to go to a place fourteen miles from the mission to hold services Sunday morning and to visit several places on our way home in the afternoon. We nearly always took our lunch with us, so as not to be a burden to any poor souls we might visit; and nearly always we went home without our lunch, as some we visited needed it far more than we did.

"On one of these trips we visited for the first time an old native minister who had recently been paralyzed. He told us his story, and made his confession. He had been going up to a station several miles above to preach, and finding two or three of our people there who were doing all they could to get others to see the truth, he vehemently opposed it.

"On my way home one Sunday," he said, "after I had been very bitter against this way, the Lord struck me down in the road as I was walking. I lay there praying for two hours. I confessed to the Lord that I had been fighting his truth, and asked his forgiveness. He pardoned and accepted me, then a cab came along and picked me up and brought me home. I am glad you have come to see me. I want you to pray for me. If the Lord will restore me I will preach the truth I went to tear down. I have a chapel here by my house; I want you to come and use it."

"We prayed for him, and he was so far restored as to be able to get about the house some; and he improved every opportunity to talk the truth to those who visited him. He studied it carefully and learned it readily. His simple faith and trust in the Lord were inspiring."