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Let me give you first the background of the story.

"The Oil Lamp" is one f the early plays in English written by a Filipino, Augusto Catanjal. It was awarded first prize in University of the Philippines in the College f Liberal Arts Dramatic Contests in 1924.

The story happened one stormy night in a small nipa house where a mother and a child was too worried for the father had not come back yet to their house. The child said that God was angry and he was afraid that their house could be destroyed by His lightning. He also noticed that the Lamp was burning low and heard a person at the door. After opening the door they saw an old woman who was too wet and cold. The old woman asked the two to give her the Lamp for she must get "there" before midnight. She introduced herself "Lucia" and said she must be at the crossing of the road to the House of the Lord for an important mission. Lucia also said that she would save the soul of a dying man who had lived in abundance but had desired to be humbled in death. Afterwhich, the mother gave the her the Lamp.

Suddenly, they heard a mysterious voice saying "In the hour of deep midnight, when the old year dies in silence..." The two concluded that it was the voice of the Lord. At the third time the voice had spoken, it said, "There shall be abundance be in the household of the poor." The child lost his faith that his father would come back, but the mother didn't.

After embracing her son, the father opened the door holding the oil lamp and a sack. The father said that he got the oil lamp from nowhere, as well as the sack full of coins. The mother strangely examined the lamp and insisted father that it was theirs. He told them the story that the Lamp was placed beside the sack and he heard a human voice, but no one was there. Then somehow, he found his way home.

The mother found a piece of paper inside the sack and found out that the money was of Don Eustaquio Ramirez's and he left an old woman to dispose of. Whoever found it first would be the treasure's owner.

At the end of the story, the father told mother to place the oil lamp on their altar to remind them of the blessings of the Lord.

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