The hours that Miss Rice and I are out of school we spend
in seeing visitors, holding prayer meetings, going out among the
women, and sometimes devote a whole day to a distant village."
Having thus looked in on a day of study, let us, through the same
glass, take a view of the Lord's day. The letter is dated December,
1855.
MY DEAR FRIEND: I have learned here that He who fed five thousand
with the portion of five can feed the soul to the full with what I
once counted only crumbs. May I give you one of the Master's
sermons? A few Sabbaths ago, I went to Geog Tapa with Mr. Stoddard.
It was afternoon, and I was seated on a mat in the middle of the
earthen floor of the church. I had already attended Sabbath school
and a prayer meeting with my pupils, and, weary, I longed for rest.
It seemed as if I could not sit without support through the service.
Then I remembered that after that came my meeting with the women
readers of the village; and O, how desirable seemed rest! But God
sent it in an unexpected way; for a woman came and seated herself
directly behind me, so that I could lean on her, and invited me to
do so.
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