A Pious Request

1895

A man arose in a Philadelphia prayer meeting the other night, according to The Record, and said that after his first wife's death he proposed marriage to a worldly woman. Afterward he thought he had erred in not seeking a Christian woman, and when on his way to the marriage ceremony he lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "God, if you don't want me to marry this woman, strike her with lightning before we reach the church!" The lightning didn't appear, and the ceremony took place.