Lanterna Rally

Author: J. R. Parker

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-19

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781331848455

Excerpt from Steps in the Life of Faith: Or Trusting God in Work As it is not my purpose to write a history of my life, only so far as it will throw light upon the subject in hand, I shall pass almost entirely any reference to my life in childhood and youth. I was born June 14. 1862, and early in life it pleased the Lord to awaken in me a desire to lead a good and pure life. My parents at that time were not professors of religion, but were respectable and moral people, who frequently attended church, though not very regular. My mother was a constant Bible reader and other religious literature was found in the home, but family prayers were unknown unless perchance some minister happened to stop with us. I was past seventeen before any active step was taken toward being religious, and had at that age seen much of the ways of sin. My one regret was that I had grieved the Spirit so long. As I now recall the events, it seems that an awful sense of darkness overcame me, and for three days, not knowing what was troubling me, under a sense of fear and dread, I was seeking to correct my life. That was a memorable winter (1879-80). Revival seemed to be everywhere. Rev. D. E. Myers was then pastor of Lincolnville Circuit, White River Conference. Pleasant Grove, near our home, was one of his appointments. Religion at that time was at a low ebb in the community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.