A gentleman once went to Dr. Somerville and said, “My son is going away to South America. He will not be within reach of Christian fellowship. I know he will have no Bible teaching on Sunday, and he is to be away three years. Now, I want you to pray for him that he may not lose all the good disposition he seems to feel.”
Doctor Somerville looked at him and said, “Ay, you are going to put your son’s head into the mouth of a lion, and then going to stand and pray, ‘May the lion not crush him!’”