Autobiography of REV. Charles H. Sage: Embracing an Account of His Pioneer Work in Michigan, of the Formation of the Canada Conference and of His Labors in Various States
Autobiography of REV. Charles H. Sage: Embracing an Account of His Pioneer Work in Michigan, of the Formation of the Canada Conference and of His Labors in Various States
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and I planned to hold meetings in a private house. God moved on the hearts of the people and quite a number were seeking the Lord when I was obliged to leave, as I had other engagements. I left an incompetent man in charge of the work, and the interest went down. Because of this only a small class was raised up, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and I planned to hold meetings in a private house. God moved on the hearts of the people and quite a number were seeking the Lord when I was obliged to leave, as I had other engagements. I left an incompetent man in charge of the work, and the interest went down. Because of this only a small class was raised up, and the work moved slowly. A prominent man there went away leaving debts unpaid, and that with other things has greatly injured and retarded the work in that place. CHAPTER XI. THE work at Galt and Ellesmere still moved on slowly. At the beginning Brother Loveless was the main stay of the entire Canada work. His religion was of a practical type and entered into his entire life. One incident will illustrate this. One day a man got stuck with a load of hay on a bad piece of road near his house and came to Brother Loveless for assistance. Brother Loveless said to him, "You look weary and your team is tired." He then asked the man to feed his team and have some dinner, and offered to send his team and pull the load up on the solid road. Brother Loveless sent his hired man with a team of very valuable colts, and when the load swayed back and forth the colts became frightened and started to run away; then the lines broke and away they went. The driver said, "There goes four hundred dollars all to smash." Brother Loveless just kneeled down and said, " Lord, those are your horses, you know they are; you must not let them hurt themselves." His faith took hold of God and the horses soon stopped and no harm was done, and the man went on his way rejoicing. Brother Loveless was the good Samaritan. The Lord give us more such men. The next fall I went back to Thedford and held a few meetings in John Toole's house, and organized a clas...
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