Article February 22, 1941 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: THE LAMP OF THE CHURCH

with contributions from Jane Kerkhof

[From the Ralliemont, Lausanne, Switzerland (translation)]

A Christian traveler has told us of the strange discovery he made one day in a little village where old traditions have been preserved since the sixteenth century. He arrived toward evening, as the church bell rang. The edifice was shadowed and dark, but from every byway came worshipers, each bearing a little bronze lamp of very old design. Joining the throng as it gathered, our traveler asked why each had his lamp. A villager replied: "We have no other way of lighting our church. In the year 1550, when it was built, the seigneur of the village decided that each should carry his lamp. The lamps belong to the church, which lends them to the people. We light them at a torch as we enter."

"And," said the stranger, "that does not keep people from attending the evening service?"

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