The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of ChristianityOrr, Charles Ebert
Religion
The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of Christianity
Orr, Charles Ebert
Christianity
We would take pleasure in telling you of many of the instances in which
God has heard and answered our prayers, but fearing you will take less
pleasure in reading we will forbear, only saying that God has been
petitioned for corn for our horse, and the prayer answered in a marvelous
way before the day was over. We have asked God for a spool of thread, and
our prayer has been answered at once. One time wife was on her knees
asking God for soap, when there was a rap at the door, and upon opening it
a lady presented her with a bar of soap. Almost daily the Lord is
petitioned for flour, meat, sugar, or clothes, and he always gives us what
we need. It is wonderful and just as glorious as it is wonderful. In fact,
such a life is made up of glory.
Some one may wonder if we ever have any tests of our faith. Oh, yes; there
is where the greatest glory is. Not long since we were much in need of a
dollar. In searching through my vest pocket for a match I found a dollar
bill all neatly rolled up. Where it came from, and how, I never knew, only
that the Lord sent it. Just last night, our twelve-year-old daughter said,
“This is the last Sunday I can wear these shoes. Unless I get a new pair I
shall have to stay at home.” We asked her if she had been asking the Lord
for a pair. She answered, “Yes, sir.” This morning in our family devotions
we made especial mention, amid some other things, of the shoes. In less
than two hours a Christian man came to the door and presented her with a
pair. Yes, we would rather have a faith and trust in God than the wealth
of a world. We feel more secure.
The times God has healed different ones of our family we are unable to
number. For the past eight years he, and he only, has been our physician.
We have not in that time spent one cent for medicine. We have three
children, aged four, six, and eight years, who have never tasted medicine.
They never were given a dose of any kind of soothing syrups or “teas.” God
has always healed from the toothache to a broken limb. It does not take
much of the Lord’s means to provide for us. We wear no superfluous
clothing. Our daily fare is plain and common. We use no stimulants,
narcotics, nor medicines, and consequently just a few pennies a day is all
we need. God in his great goodness supplies all these, while we go telling
the world of the wonderful blessings of salvation.
We are at present engaged in ministerial work without salary. In all our
meetings we take up no collection, we ask for no money in any way of man,
and we have no other source of support but in God alone. Just as the
apostles lived in the morning light, so we live in the evening light. Just
what they enjoyed, we enjoy. In their preaching they gave God’s people
warning of the apostasy. In our ministry we preach, “Come out of her, my
people.”
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