Mrs. Scranton, a missionary in Korea, writes in the Bible Society’s
_Reporter_ of a Korean Christian woman whose reply to a neighbor
was a beautiful testimony to her faithfulness in prayer:
The neighbor said she could not pray--she had no time, and
furthermore she had no skill with her lips. The Christian
replied, “Am I not a busy woman, and yet I pray. When I get up
in the morning I say, ‘My Heavenly Father, You have given me
these garments with which I clothe my naked body. Without them I
should be ashamed. Now please clothe my soul that it may never
be ashamed or afraid.’ When I wash my face and hands I pray that
I may be made clean inside as well as outside. I make the fire;
and if I put on much wood it burns brightly, and I ask that the
Holy Spirit may kindle just such a fire in my heart. Then I
sweep the room and I say, ‘Please sweep away all the bad there
is in and around me.’ When I cook the rice I pray that heavenly
food may be given to my soul to keep it from starving to death.”
Has not this woman learned the secret of prayer?
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