The Prayer-Meeting

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 3, 1857

The Prayer-Meeting.

A poor laboring man said, "I love the church; I love preaching; but dearer than all, I love the prayer-meeting; I always feel as if I were going into my Father's house, when I go into the room, where we meet for prayer."

"The room for prayer our Father's house!" It struck us a beautiful thought. This poor man felt himself to be a prodigal, and where should a prodigal go, but to his father's house? He felt weary with his day's work, worn with the cares of life, and where should he seek for refreshment and rest but in his Father's house?

We remember a pious cartman who was always found in his place at the prayer-meeting and the lecture; and when he was told that he ought to stay at home, after the fatigues and exposures of the day, he replied, "I find I can rest all the better by going to meeting; I forget all my pains and labors, and feel stronger and better prepared for the next day's toil."—Evangelist.