Show DESERVED TO BE ANSWERED congregate Con gregat on that stopped for prayer in moment of dire peril per if had the true faith one night in the summer of 1907 in the little town of wellington on van couver island the service in the eng lish church was interrupted and the congregation followed the pastor into the woods roods to fight a fire which was threatening their homes on the other side of the earth in the australian back blocks a similar incident occurred recently which was thus described by the preacher in westminster Con grega lional church england he said he was present at service in the little church that might be tucked away un der one of these galleries an old farmer was preaching A amid mid the profound of the bush there was suddenly heard a mile off the tread of a galloping horse on and on it came and the people glanced one at another for they knew that the solitary rider brought a serious message there was a dead pause and everybody was aware that the rider had dismounted and was opening a gate half a mile away then the gallop was resumed while the old farmer continued his sermon presently the horse stopped dead at a little door on the right of the pulpit and a man cov ered with rith perspiration rushed into the building neighbors he cried the ranges are on fire I 1 those to whom he spoke had cause to dread the bush fire in its awful menace and its de tive ferocity the flame sweeps down the mountain side tree after tree bursts into fire the red tongues leap ing faster than a horse can gallop every homestead was in peril the fruit of a years labor iv was as vanishing the congregation sprang to their feet dont don t rush neighbors cried the farmer let us first ask the lord to go with us he prayed and the prayer was ras answered |