“How it happened he could not say, but whereas he was once blind, now he could see.  God has answered the prayer. ’I didn’t know how it was to be answered,’ said Mr. Moody, ’but I believed it would be and it was done.  What we want to do is to come boldly to God.’”

THE WONDERS OF A SINGLE PRAYER.

The Rev. Dr. Edwin F. Hatfield, of New York City, well known and eminent among the clergymen of the Presbyterian church, is personally acquainted with the following instance of a remarkable case in answer to prayer.  From the mother of the daughter he obtained this statement, which has been published by Dr. Patton, of Chicago, in his volume, “On Prayer.”

“My daughter was for fourteen months afflicted with hip disease.  It was brought on by a fall, and a consequent dislocation, when she was eight years of age.

“Her right side was paralyzed, and she had an abscess.  I placed her in a hospital, under the care of good nurses, and the very best medical advice.

“Everything possible was done for her, but all to no avail; she grew worse instead of better, and the doctors directed me, as there was no hope for her, to take her home to die.

“But I did not cease to hope.  I did as the doctors directed, but continued to pray the prayer of faith for her recovery for two weeks.  One morning, at the end of this period, we were conversing together about the wonderful cures wrought by the Savior, when on earth, and particularly that of the man at the pool of Bethesda.

“In the midst of our conversation, my daughter rose to obtain a drink of water, when she exclaimed, ’Mother, I can walk.’ ‘Thanks be to God!’ said I, ‘Come, and let me see you!’

“Her crutches, the only means by which she could move about, before, were now useless.  Upon examination, I found that the abscess had entirely disappeared, and that the paralyzed limb was restored whole, like the other.

“She was again dangerously ill, five months afterward.  I prayed for her recovery one night, before retiring, and the next morning she arose, perfectly cured.”

She is now twenty-one years of age, and during all this intervening time has been free from any trouble of this kind.  To-day she is as well as any one, working and running about without the slightest trouble.”

THE TAVERN KEEPER OVERCOME.

Rev. Charles G. Finney relates, in his “Spirit of Prayer,” of an acquaintance of his whose faith and importunity in prayer and the answer were very remarkable: 

“In a town in the northern part of the State of New York, where there was a revival, there was a certain individual, who was a most violent and outrageous opposer.  He kept a tavern, and used to delight in swearing at a desperate rate, whenever there were Christians within hearing, on purpose to hurt their feelings.  He was so bad, that one man said he believed he should have to sell his place or give it away, and move out of town, for he could not live near a man that swore so.