Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

not fellowship with their formality and pride.
When they saw the notice of the evangelists
coming with a tent, they prayed that if these were
the Lord's servants, they might have a prosperous
journey.
The night following their prayer meeting, one
of their prominent members, Mr. Wolf, was given a
very impressive dream. He saw gloom and
darkness settled all over the surrounding country.
While considering this, he saw two men building a
fire which brought cheer to the inhabitants. As the
fire blazed brightly and his people were rejoicing
in the light, he saw all the ministers of Petaluma
come with brush and grass, throwing it upon the
fire to extinguish the flames. But the more they
tried to put out the fire, the brighter it burned.
While the ministers were trying to put out the first
fire, the two men had started a second. This process
was repeated until the men had kindled five fires.
The ministers lamented, "The more we put out the
fires, the brighter they burn. There is no use trying
to publicly oppose these men for they get the
advantage of us every time." Then Mr. Wolf
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