Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of LoveWheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
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Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of Love
Wheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
Evangelistic work; Prisons
During three days and nights he continued to speak of you. The
last day on which he mentioned you was in the morning about 8
o'clock. While sitting in his chair beside the bed he said very
earnestly and emphatically: "I would give a dollar to hear
'Mother' Wheaton sing one of her sweet hymns just now--right
here and now."
About midnight that night he sat in his bed looking upward for
some time in silence and then dropped his head in a most dejected
manner and in mournful tone exclaimed, "No, no, no." The intense
sadness of his manner made my heart ache for him. After that hour
he appeared to have given up all hope. The death chill came on
while he was in the rocking chair, and he asked me to assist him
into bed and send for the prison physician. He expressed himself
well satisfied with the treatment he had had while sick, and
then, seeing it was too hard work for him to talk, he relapsed
into silence, while I offered a silent prayer for the departing
soul.
I write this explanation because of the intense desire he had to
see you and hear you sing once more.
The Christian Endeavor still exists by the power and blessing of
God, and my Bible class is continuing and some good has been
accomplished through its instrumentality.
Rev. B. has left us. Our new spiritual guide and counselor is
Rev. Simerville, an earnest Christian, whose influence bids fair
to lead many hitherto careless ones to turn their footsteps in
the straight and narrow path that leads to life. The beacon light
to Calvary cheers us on every day to our eternal home. Meet me
there. Good-bye, Mother. God bless you now and ever.
G. H. COLGROVE.
* * * * *
Waupun, Wis., Nov. 28, 1895.
Dearest Mother:
Your kind and welcome letter gladly received. Brother Albert
wrote you yesterday and I sincerely hope the invitation extended
to you by the chaplain and contained in Albert's letter, will be
promptly acted upon and that we shall soon behold your face among
us once more and again hear the songs of Zion fall from your
lips.
Albert is librarian and the chaplain's assistant, while this
child is assistant steward at the hospital; thus we shall be able
to meet you frequently if you will spend a couple of weeks with
us, and a forty-day month can be used to good advantage in Waupun
and visiting among the bad boys like us, and your many good
friends in this locality.
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