The news of the appointment spread like wildfire; the children were excited by the exaggerated descriptions of the cards and papers, and were unanimous in their desire for a Sunday-school.
CHAPTER V.
THE MISSIONARY PREACHES.
ON Tuesday, a beautiful evening closed the day. At an early hour, the parents, together with quite a number of children, also the youth of this and other neighborhoods, were on their way to hear what the stranger had to say; some having made up their minds for, and others against the Sunday-school.
The old school-house was crowded with expectant ones, awaiting the arrival of the “Great Speaker,” as he had been reported.
There was a little grove in a ravine behind the barn at Mr. Brown’s; this secluded spot the missionary sought before starting to fill his appointment. Here he laid his case before God, asking for preparation of heart, for wisdom, for strength, for words, and, above all, for the power of the Spirit and the ensealing of the truth upon the hearts of his hearers.
Do you wonder that his lecture on that night was endued with power from on high?