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
"Hearing of these evangelists we decided to invite them to Globe
Theater, and truly we can say God has visited his people. They do
not believe in forms and ceremonies like us formal Scotch
Christians, but speak as they are moved by the Holy Ghost. They
live by faith and do not ask for money or collections; however,
they seem to get on very well, and I never yet heard them
grumbling about having too little. They take whatever is given
them as from the Lord, and give Him their sincere thanks
accordingly. They have spent over a week speaking and singing
every night in our meetings, and not a few have been impressed by
the earnest words of our sisters. Some of the professors have had
their short-comings pretty well threshed out, the writer coming
in for his share. Our meetings have been well attended and I
believe a really good work has been begun in our midst. The elder
lady carries about with her a book full of newspaper clippings
and numerous testimonials about her work in America. Her special
field is in the prisons and among the unfortunates. She takes no
stock in sensational worship, but there is always a great
sensation wherever she puts in an appearance.... In closing I may
say that our heaven-bound sisters have had some severe trials
since leaving their native shores. Eternity alone will reveal the
amount they have endured for the Master's sake. Before they had
been many hours in Glasgow they were marched off to jail for
preaching at a street corner, and gathering a crowd. I trust
this epistle will open up our cold, hard hearts and that we may
receive our sisters as is our duty as a Christian community."
TUMULT IN A DIVE.
"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold the devil
shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be tried; * * * Be thou
faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life."--Rev. 2:10.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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