THE PATTERN LIVES ON
Former missionary to Africa, James King, tells the following true story: In one of the African churches under his care, there was a lady who came by herself to every service. Accompanying her was a mongrel, non-descript dog. He would enter with the lady and sit beside her during service. She sat on an outside seat next to the aisle. At the conclusion of the service, when the invitation had been given by the pastor to come for prayer — the dog would come along and take his place beside her. The lady’s husband was a hard man and abused his wife. In fact, he beat her so severely for her Christian life-style, that he beat her to death. At the funeral he forbid her Christian pastor to conduct a Christian funeral. After her death and burial it was only he and the dog left. But he noticed that the dog disappeared on Wednesday evening about 7:00 and didn’t reappear…
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