A Child's Memory Of Father's Prayer
Story★★★★John Paton, that fine missionary to the New Hebrides, lived in childhood with his parents in a small Lowland cottage having its “but and ben.” Between the two was a small room with a tiny window. To this room John often saw his father retire, and heard from behind the closed door his father’s voice lifted in prayer— such pleading sincerity was in the prayers that John learned to slip past the door on tiptoe. The light on his father’s face was caught from his practice of the presence of God, and his ear was quick to hear the voice of wisdom, even the voice of the Saviour. They dwelt safely.
The point
John Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, learned the power of prayer by witnessing his father's fervent intercession in their cottage, a practice that shaped his spiritual life.