Rev. Robert P. Wilder, missionary to India, gives the following account
of a vivid dream he had while working in the mission field:
“I thought the Master came to me and said, ‘Take heed how ye
build.’ I asked Him to show me the pattern. The veil was removed
and I saw the pattern; but I saw that very much of my work was
not in line with the pattern. Presently He took me into a little
room and showed me a very small column of silver, and He said,
‘That will abide the test. When the fire comes, that will not be
destroyed.’ I asked Him what it represented, and He said, ‘That
represents the little gifts to the needy ones.’ ‘Inasmuch as you
have done it to one of these little ones you have done it to
me, and inasmuch as the left hand did not know what the right
hand gave, it is precious.’ Then He showed me another little
column of gold, and He said, ‘That also will abide the test.
That represents the hours of prayer alone with your Master.’ At
last we passed into a great room, and I pointed out to Him the
elaborate carving in the woodwork. I had spent many months on
it, but the Master said, ‘Yes, it is well done, but it is wood,
and when the fire strikes, the wood, hay and stubble will go.’”
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