Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1910 — What the Light Revealed. [ARTICLE]

What the Light Revealed.

A story is told of a simple and devout Methodist minister who was not sufficiently eloquent or businesslike to be approved by the presiding elder. Through the influence of the elder he felt sure he was appointed to a small and widely scattered settlement, where there was much hard work and the results were necessarily meager. One day he was commenting sadly on the narrowness, of his opportunities to a friend, who said gravely that he ought to pray for light that he might see the hand of the Lord in his appointment. ‘‘l have, brother,” he answered, “again and again. But so far," be added with a whimsical smile, “I’ve only had light enough to see the interfering hand of Elder Brown.”