Rebecca Saylor

The Saylor Family Converted. Another incident worthy of record is the case of the widow Saylor, whose sons Joseph and Jacob have already been referred to. This woman, with a large family of children, some of whom were quite young, lived with her father, who was bitterly opposed to the work. After she and her children were converted, they erected a family altar, against which the father demurred. The godly mother, however, gathered her loving children around her as a fore time and offered her petitions at the throne of grace. The cruel father finally declared that if they did not cease going to the "Strawveler" meetings and quit their family prayers they would be compelled to leave his house. This was a trying ordeal for the poor widow. A family council was held and she, with the devoted children, decided to remain faithful to their God and the Church. She accordingly left the parental roof, accompanied by her little ones, and made her home in a little house near the canal, where for several years she supported herself by selling refreshments to the boatmen who daily passed her door. The Lord was her support and she never came to want, but lived to see two of her sons become useful preachers. She enjoyed the sympathy of the public because of the harsh treatment of her father, while her blameless life won the esteem of all, and when at last the Lord granted her a triumphant death, she was deeply lamented by a very wide circle of friends. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION ANNALS.

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