Illustration Prayer in a Haystack (Samuel Mills,1783-1818)
"In 1806, Mills enrolled in Williams College, Massachusetts. …..It was Mill's custom to spend Wednesday and Saturday afternoons in prayer with other students on the banks of the Hoosack River or in the valley near the college. In August, 1806, Mills and four others were caught in a thunderstorm while returning from their usual meeting. Seeking refuge under a haystack they waited out the storm and gave themselves to prayer. Their special focus of prayer that day was for the awakening of foreign missionary interest among students. Mills directed their discussion and prayer to their own missionary obligation. He exhorted his companions with the words that later became a watchword for them, "We can do this if we will."
(Perspectives 3rd edition: "Student Power in World Missions", David M Howard, pg 280, 1999, William Carey Library)
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