A Faithful Wife Rewarded

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Dr. Cuyler tells of an excellent woman, at one time a member of his congregation, who was for a long time anxious for the conversion of her husband. She endeavored to make her own Christian life very attractive to him. On a certain Sabbath she shut herself up and spent much of the day in fervent prayer that God would touch her husband’s heart. She said nothing to her husband, but took the case straight to the throne of grace. The next day when she opened her Bible to conduct family worship, according to her custom, he came and took the book out of her hands, saying, “Wifey, it is about time that I did this,” and read the chapter himself. Before another week had passed away the man not only did the reading but the praying himself, and in less than a month was received into the church.

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