Missionary James King tells the true story of an African woman in one of his churches who attended every service accompanied by an old, mongrel dog. The dog would enter with the lady and sit beside her during the service. She always sat on an outside seat beside the aisle. At the conclusion of the service, the woman would always come and kneel at the altar for prayer, and the dog would faithfully take his place beside her.

The woman’s husband was a cruel man who deeply resented her devotion to Christ, and one day he beat her so severely that she died. He cruelly denied her a Christian funeral.

After the woman’s death and burial, only the man and dog were left. But the man noticed something unusual. The dog disappeared every Wednesday evening about 7:00 and didn’t reappear for two hours. …