The Easy Chair

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 2, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 14.

A WOMAN in humble circumstances, the mother of four children, was suddenly bereft of her husband. She took up her burden with calmness and patience, toiling early and late that her children might obtain an education. A friend said to her one day, "Do you never get tired or discouraged?" "O, yes!" was the reply, "quite often; but when I think I can go on farther, or do no more, I go and rest in my easy chair." "Easy chair?" said her friend, looking around the bare room. "Yes," said the woman; "would you like to see it? Come with me." She led her into a small, scantily furnished bedroom, and taking her by the hand, knelt by the bedside, and the toil-worn, burdened woman prayed as if she were face to face with God. Rising, she said: "Now I feel rested, and am ready for work again. Prayer is my easy chair." There is no home so low or humble, no life so bare or destitute, but can have the easy chair of prayer.—Record of Christian Work.