THE STORY OF A WAYWARD LIFE, SAVED BY PRAYER.

“In the last fourteen years I have stood beside the deathbeds of eight who were near and dear to me, and the last words that each spoke to me as they were leaving the world were, “Will you not meet me in Heaven?” I have been a wayward child.  Eight years ago I became addicted to strong drink.  I became a drunkard, which brought my dear old father down to an untimely grave.  I made a promise on his death-bed that I would not drink any more, and for six long years I kept that promise, but at last I broke it.  I again became a drunkard, which began to tell on my wife.  I promised her that I would not drink, but that promise was broken time after time.  Within this year, in the week of prayer, I attended the prayer-meetings, asked prayers for me, and on the night following, I erected the family altar, which had for four years been neglected, and, thank God, it is there yet.  I am now trusting in the promise that He will not let his children be tempted beyond what they are able to endure.”

A WONDERFUL CURE.

An earnest Christian woman who believed the Lord greater than any earthly physician, cries, “O, praise the Lord.  He hath delivered me in six troubles, and in the seventh he hath not forsaken me.”  “And the seventh was the worst.  By the help of eight physicians, and in answer to prayer, partly of this meeting, a fearful tumor has been taken from me weighing twelve pounds, with three gallons of water in the sack.  O, praise the Lord, for He is good, and his mercy endureth forever.”

This case was one of extraordinary risk and apparently impossible achievement; but the Lord gave faith to try, and skill to win the victory.  No earthly power could have dared the venture.

GIVEN UP.

“Our pastor, after four months’ sickness, preached to us last evening the most solemn sermon I ever heard, and says he was raised up in answer to prayer.  The physicians gave him up several times, and say they have never known such an instance of recovery.”

CHAINS BROKEN AT LAST.

“Long months, week by week, I have asked you to pray that my husband might be saved from the eternal doom of a drunkard.  God has mercifully given him strength to break the fetters that bound him fast.”

BETTER THAN WE EXPECTED.

“We asked your prayers; they have been answered.  They were answered more and better than we had hoped or dreamed they could be.”

PRAYER ANSWERED FOR EMPLOYMENT.

“A foreigner without means and friendless tried in vain for ten months to succeed in finding some employment.  He requested your prayers to God, and God answered.  In less than eighteen hours a splendid position was offered to him.  He and his wife give thanks, and pray that they may devote their lives usefully to the cause of God who has been so good to them.”