midnight
So say the Scriptures , and so thought Evangelist Blank as he lay down to rest that night after he had closed the testimony-meeting . Evangelist Blank slept in a tent , which had been pitched near the brush arbor . Several such tents had been pitched by Jake Benton and other neighbors , who , finding it ill convenient to go to and from the meeting each night , had decided to run it somewhat on the camp-meeting plan . On the particular night of which we have been speaking , Evangelist Blank from some cause unknown to him was awakened shortly after midnight . Not being able to resume sleep , he thought to improve even the midnight time by musing on the goodness of God . As he lay thus gazing through the thin canvas of his tent at the moon , which was now a two hour 's journey in the sky , he was startled by the sight of a man 's shadow on the side of the tent . He lay still and listened .