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FOR HIS SAKE You ask me “How did you come into these new notions of giving?” Well, it was this way A year ago this winter our house took fire. It was in the middle of the night, and we were all asleep. The flames were first discovered by a poor neighbor, who at onceContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

EXPERIENCE OF A MINISTER’S WIFE ON THE FRONTIER I remember a day during one winter that stands out like a boulder in my life. The weather was unusually cold, our salary had not been regularly paid, and it did not meet our needs when it was. My husband was away traveling from one district toContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

 EDWARD PAYSON, A MAN WHO PRAYED WITHOUT CEASING This well-known man of God was for many years pastor of the Congregational Church at Portland, Me. His remarkable success was, to a very great extent, the result of his prevailing prayers. Oh, that many might follow his example! We clip the following from a sketch ofContinue reading “Remarkable Answers to Prayer”

 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”