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"Yes, I'm sure He did too," he said. "I'll tell you why I wanted you to come. A few weeks
ago there were two strange men in my church for prayer meeting. I had not seen them before. They
sat in the back and stayed until after the service closed. When everyone else was gone, they were
still there. On the way out I spoke to them and asked if there was anything I could do for them.
"One of the men spoke up and said, 'My name is Jim. I'm a businessman here in town and
this is my friend, Rabbi Reuben. Rabbi has been asking me questions that I cannot answer. So I
brought him to you. I thought surely you would have the answer.'
"I said 'And what is it you want to know?'
"The rabbi said, 'I want that same experience that Paul had on the road to Damascus. How
can I get it?'
"Well, of course, I was quite thrilled by this question and I said to the rabbi, 'O I can
answer your question all right, but I know a lady who is Jewish who has had this experience. I
think she could answer your question better and more to your satisfaction than I can. I'll write her a
letter and I know she'll come.
"So," he said to me, "I wrote you to come."
"Well, thank God," I said, "that's why I'm here, then. I didn't know a thing about it."
We could do nothing then. We would have to wait until Monday.
"Can you stay over?" Rev. Allen asked me.
God.
"I can't very well afford not to stay over," I answered. For I knew this was the hand of
Monday morning, then, Mrs. Brown, Rev. Allen, and I drove to the city where he pastored.
We went right to the synagogue and met the rabbi. He was a very gracious, humble man.
He said, "Yes, I must talk to you, but I cannot take the time to do it now, because I'm
teaching some boys how to become Bar Mitzvah. [When a Jewish boy reaches the age of thirteen
he goes through the ritual of Bar Mitzvah, which makes him a man in the synagogue. Literally, he's
a "son of good deeds."] I'm being paid to do this and I do not feel it's honest to take the time from
these boys to talk to you now. Can you stay till tonight? I must talk to you."
"Yes, I can stay until tonight. Where shall we meet you?"
"Let me come wherever you say."
Rev Allen suggested, "How about coming to our church? There will be just my
sister-in-law, Mrs. Hanley, you and I."