A kind-hearted man got his little boy and brought him to Christ. When
Christ gets into a man's heart he cannot help but pray. This father had
been drinking one day and coming home he heard that boy praying. He went
to him and said: "I don't want you to pray any more. You've been along
with some of those Christians. If I catch you praying again I'll flog
you." But the boy was filled with God and he couldn't help praying. The
door of communication was opened between him and Christ, and his father
caught him praying again. He went to him. "Didn't I tell you never to
pray again? If I catch you at it once more you leave my house." He
thought he would stop him. One day the old tempter came upon the boy,
and he did something wrong and got flogged. When he got over his mad fit
he forgot the threats of his father and went to pray. His father had
been drinking more than usual, and coming in found the boy offering a
prayer. He caught the boy with a push and said, "Didn't I tell you never
to pray again? Leave this house. Get your things packed up and go." The
little fellow hadn't many things to get together--a drunkard's boy never
has, and went up to his mothers room. "Good-by, mother." "Where are you
going?" "I don't know where I'll go, but father says I cannot stay here
any longer; I've been praying again," he said.
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