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 DYING CHILDREN AND YOUTH The grasp of the mind of childhood upon the great truths of religion is frequently felt most perceptibly when the little sufferers are near their end. When a boy, we heard the narration of a three or four-year old daughter, of good parents, living in the Southern country. She sickened, andContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

CORN THE FROST COULD NOT KILL By our request, Brother L.G. Whitney, a reliable Christian man, of Hemlock, Mich., writes us of a remarkable interposition of Providence in reference to his field of corn. This is his story: “Two years ago, the seed-corn in this part of the country proved poor — not having sufficientlyContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

CHARLIE COULSON, THE CHRISTIAN DRUMMER BOY Two or three times in my life God in His mercy touched my heart, and twice before my conversion I was under deep conviction. During the American war, I was surgeon in the United States army, and after the battle of Gettysburg there were many hundred wounded soldiers inContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

CARLETTA AND THE MERCHANT “If I could have your faith, Hawkins, gladly would I, but I was born a skeptic. I cannot look upon God and the future as you do.” So said John Harvey, as he walked with a friend under a dripping umbrella. John Harvey was a skeptic of thirty years standing, andContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

CAN I BE SAVED? Away on the western coast of England there stands a steep rock that is known to everybody as’ the “Lady’s Rock.” At high water it is surrounded by the sea; but at low water it stands upon a sandy beach, and is easily reached. It gets the name from an accidentContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”