Stoddard:--
"The prayers and tears of our missionary friends have, this winter,
received a joyful reward from our Father in heaven. We were told
that the first week in January would be devoted by all Christians to
prayer for great things, and my heart was never so enlarged before.
It seemed as if Persia, nominal Christendom, and all the heathen
were under the power of prayer; as if the Christian's measuring-line
was stretched round the four corners of the earth. One day the
missionaries met, as usual, for prayer in Dr. Wright's large room.
It moved me much, and I said to my companions, 'They are praying for
us while we are idle.' They said, 'It is good that we spend this
half hour in prayer every day.' We did so. On the Sabbath, I went to
my village, Geog Tapa, and mentioned these things to the people at
the evening meeting. The Lord opened the mouth of Abraham, who said,
'Brethren, in these places we are always idle--let us meet for
prayer half an hour before sunset.' They did so. The clouds over our
heads seemed loaded with blessings: still they did not descend. Mr.
Cobb and Mr. Ambrose had talked with me about commencing in our
village to support preachers in the mountains.
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