HATING THE ACCURSED DRINK.

A brother rose in the meeting and said, “I believe it is God’s will that I should tell you how He saved me, about two years since.  I came into the meeting when it was held in the old church, and was at the time under the influence of liquor.  The missionary took me into the gallery and talked with me, and prayed with me, and God heard prayer and saved me.  I became a new man in Christ, and have lost all appetite for drink; I hate the accursed stuff.”

A DRUNKARD FOR THIRTY YEARS.

Another told a remarkable story of his life:  “I was a drunkard for thirty years, and I tried all kinds of means to get free, but all failed.  I pledged myself over and over again, and swore off many a time.  At last, Jesus met me at the mission meeting, and he saved me.  He took away the appetite for drink from me.  I am a different man; I am tempted in various ways at times, but when tempted I think of Jesus and look to Him, and He saves me.”

THE HOPELESS ONE BROUGHT HOME.

“A pastor related the incident of the conversion of a man who had disgraced his family, and all through drink.  All the people in the village where he lived regarded him as a hopeless case.  But he was prayed for, and one night in answer to an appeal to those desiring Christ to rise, he rose.  He soon became a new man, and a steadfast soldier of the Cross, completely delivered from his hopeless situation, and all his appetites taken away.”

“NO MAN CAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY FATHER’S HAND.”

A brother says, “Jesus says this, and I rest just there.”  “A year ago I was in Philadelphia.  I had resolved not to drink any liquor that day, but my resolution was soon broken.  In the evening as I wandered the streets, that voice of God, ‘Turn ye, turn ye,’ gave me great uneasiness.  Although I tried hard not to go, yet the Spirit was at work within me, and against my will led me to the meetings of the Young Men’s Christian Association.  When the call came for those desiring prayers, I felt that it was my last call, and I pushed forward and rose.  Friends prayed with me, and that night, as I pleaded for mercy, the burden of my sin was lifted and I was free.  Christ took the appetite for drink away, and He has kept me ever since, and will keep me to the end, for He says, ’Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.’  Oh!  I know He won’t let me go.”

ANSWER TO PRAYER IN TEMPORAL MATTERS.

A speaker said at one meeting, “God answers prayer in temporal matters.  In a Western college, at a time when the last morsels of food had been eaten, and some had to go away from the table empty, four of the number retired to pray, and before they had ceased praying relief came.  Provisions in large quantities were received, thus verifying the old promise, ‘Before they call I will answer.’”