Dr. Donald A. Miller was Pastor Emeritus of Hope Church in St. Louis, MO.

After a lifetime of influential pastorates, he currently has an extensive radio ministry in St. Louis, in addition to authoring numerous magazine articles, engages in conference ministry throughout the United States as well as overseas. Dr. Miller resides in St. Louis, Missouri.

HOLD MY HAND (A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR MILLER)

Thomas A. Dorsey, a black evangelist, came down from his home in Chicago to St. Louis, where I live, for meetings. Later, on his way to Springfield, Illinois, he received a phone call. His pregnant wife had died in childbirth. By the time he got back to Chicago, his little baby had died as well. So Thomas Dorsey buried his wife and baby, just as my father buried his young wife and his newborn baby when I was not yet eight years of age.

For weeks Thomas Dorsey struggled under the impact of his severe trial. And then one night God gave him a song--a song in the night. AND HE WROTE,