“WHILE MOST of the world looked forward to celebrating the weekend, Sister Dabney closed the blinds and kept her eye on the kitchen clock with the newspaper opened to the page that gave the time for sunset. As the sun went down, she lit a single candle and placed it on the scuffed-up coffee table in the living room. Sitting in the red rocker, she opened her Bible to a book she reserved for herself. And read about the bride and the bridegroom. The ritual had started years before when she was a yo...ung woman. She and Russell were holding tent meetings in southern Illinois. People started coming to the services, and the Dabneys checked out of a cheap motel to move into a duplex owned by a Jewish woman. The woman, a widow, lived in the other half of the house and believed Jesus was her Messiah. As part of the rent she allowed Sister Dabney to wash and dry clothes in her unit. The woman listened to Sister Dabney but politely refused an invitation to attend the meetings. One Friday evening Sister Dabney went next door and found the woman dressed in nice clothes, lighting candles, and singing in a language Sister Dabney didn’t recognize.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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