The little society
numbered not over forty persons, yet those words spoken by our Saviour,
"where two or three are gathered together in my name, there will I be in
the midst of them," came with renewed freshness to her mind, each time
she entered those doors, and she felt that she had never tasted the
bliss of uninterrupted love for Christ, as now.
The shepherd of this little flock was a man fearing God, just, and
upright; his services in the cause of Christ were offered voluntarily,
without money, or price. Coming, as he had, in his old age, to spend
the remainder of his days in the family of a beloved son, he had found
with joy that his declining years might be profitably employed; that he
might earn that reward which is promised to those who make a right use
of the talents which God has given them; that he might merit those
blessed words, "well done, good and faithful servant." His labors among
this people had not proved ineffectual; many had been brought to see the
great mercies of their Redeemer, souls had been converted to Christ, and
as the song of praise went up from beneath that humble roof, the glad
shouts were borne aloft, and angels joined in the chorus.
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