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Show BV THE LIGHT OP SPLINTERS Religious Meeting Under Peculiar Clr cumatancea a Great Succeaa, Kliicr J. W. Cisik. In hla "Forty Flva V.-ats a Minister." relates this Incident; Inci-dent; "I temember one time up lu Clair ro limy. Missouri, I arrived at my uppoluimeiit Just al night. It was ruining, but tho people turned out Just thu aall'i'. Tile krhoolliouse wus of logs, slid Inside It wus dark. as a dark nil-lit could muke It, A brother suld: 'Will siilileoue please light tho caudle?' cau-dle?' Hut Ihere was no candle to llnlil. no grease, no oil or any kind. ' The Utile cabin wus crowded and the luln was pouring down. It wus a good ' , buir mile to the nenrest house where u caudle might bo procured. Hut a re- ' ,- soiii.-eful broiher relieved the situs- ; ' Hon thus: Wo iniiHt have a meetlu'; that's snrtln. Thu boy's irau'led 'way 1 i ou r hero to preach for us. and Ilea ', goln' to do It. Now we'll leur off some , ' plunks from tkl plntfiu in and light j' -' 'em and lulie turn about holdln 'etn ' 1 hu he can sec his lillilu. I got matches.' I Thin meviliig under the flickering t--I si'liuter light wus an aioulshlug sue- T " |