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Prayer for the Preacher
John Livingston, of Scotland, once spent a whole night in prayer with a company of his brethren, for God’s blessing, all of them...
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A Wonderful Visitor
I had had a very busy day, and experienced a very delightful feeling of restfulness, as I settled myself in a comfortable arm-chair,...
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The Stone Chair
On Thanksgiving morning, six young men stood in quiet conversation, on the corner of Clark and Washington streets, in the great and busy...
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The Golden Rule Exemplified
Early one morning while it was yet dark, a poor man came to my door and informed me that he had an infant child very sick, which he was...
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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...
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Praying for Wood
Rev. E. B. Slade tells an interesting instance of answered prayer. One cold winter he was forty miles away from home, holding revival...
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She Died For Him
A poor emigrant had gone to Australia to “make his fortune,” leaving a wife and little son in England. When he had made some money, he...
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A Mob Quieted in Answer to Prayer
In the early part of the summer of 1882, while we were holding a camp-meeting at C---, a drunken mob came on the ground, and disturbed...
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Translation of Bishop Haven
On Saturday morning, January 3, 1880, in Malden, Massachusetts, Bishop Gilbert Haven’s physician said that his last day had come, and...
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The Stowaway
On board an English steamer, a little ragged boy, aged nine years, was discovered on the fourth day of the voyage out from Liverpool to...
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The Converted Infidel
Some two miles from the village of C., on a road that wound in among the hills, stood a great white house. It was beautifully situated...
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“Send Food to John”
On the summit of Washington mountain, overlooking the Housatonic valley, stood a hut, the home of John Barry, a poor charcoal-burner,...
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A Child's Prayer Answered
The following touching incident, which drew tears from eyes, was related to me a short time since, by a dear friend who had it from an...
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The Young Martyr
On the afternoon of August 9, 1853, a little Norwegian boy, named Kund Iverson, who lived in the city of Chicago, Ill., was going to the...
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Remarkable Healing of Mrs. Susan E. Miller
When I was twelve years of age I felt the need of a new heart. I asked God for it, and He gave it to me. I am now forty-six years old,...
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The Conversion of Hudson Taylor
Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission, says that about 1830 his father became so interested in the spiritual condition of China,...
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A Widow's Wonderful Deliverance
In the winter of 1855, in the state of Iowa, the snow fell early in November to the depth of two feet. The storm was such that man nor...
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An Effectual Prayer
“No,” said the lawyer, “I shan’t press your claim against that man; you can get some one else to take your case, or you can withdraw it,...
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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...
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A Would-Be Murder's Arm Paralyzed
A prominent minister in Canada relates the following remarkable instance of God’s miraculous care over His people: “I am frequently...
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