Amy Carmichael is becoming a hero of sorts for me. In the book Elizabeth Elliot wrote about her life, a story is recounted of the bulding of a house of prayer. God supernaturally provided the money for this building to be constructed. When it was all done, more money came in, and it was used for a prayer tower. Here is an excerpt from the book "A Chance to Die":
"The House was finished, a beautiful buidling standing in the middle of the compound, covered with flowering vines. The architect who designed it took its style from an old palace in Travancore, a city where the influence of Chinese carpenters had been felt from ancient times. There was hesitation about one feature of its architecture, lest it be a mere luxury, an unjustifiable spending of money sacrificially given, but a specially marked gift came for that very thing--a prayer tower. On its roof are two pointed shafts, symbol of the unity of spiritual and secular in the life of holiness--the men and women of Dohnavur livd a common life, but they lived it with God for others. In the tower are tubular bells, 'things we should never have thought of buying.' Monring and evening a humn is pllayed on the bells, and each hour they ring for a moment of stillness for prayer and recollection."
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