Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
Mr.. 8purgeon On tina Efficacy OF
Ps0yer.

was held in the recently erected Pastors
College, to raise money towards the debt
OF $4,000 still remaining ON the building
In the course Of the evening Dir. Spur
gcon said he saw thenecessity Of erecting
such 4 building, but did not say much
about It; but lie resorted to what he con-
sidered the proper plea for getting mon
ey-namely, asking God for it. He did
not ask the congregation; and he did not
think he mentioned it to anyone except
the few who gave the money, till he got
so 600. One woman wished to give a
sum as suitable memorial to her hus-
band, and she gave so, 900 for the college,
In all he had received el2,5O0, and he
wanted about $4,000 more They had,
lie said, unlimited funds. Money was al
ways to be had by asking God for it. The
other day person told him that he sup
posed he must bc very rich. He told
him in reply that he was richer than q
Jew; that he had got more money than
the Rothschilds, for when he required
any money he had nothing to do but to
ask God for it; that if it were good for
him that he should have it, he had it;
for not having it. Il was very singular
AO" NOu uAe@ AAO'O pCOpAC ~ give. AAO"
could he have carried ON this and other
work without? Three weeks ago at the
Orphanage there were the bills to pay,
and they had no money. He said they
could not ask God for it until they gave
themselves, and he put down e25 and
several others did the same. He then
prayed to God and said, "These arc Thy
children and this Thy work.; send us
this day considerable sum of money if
that be thy will" He went home and
wrote letter and sent it to be Autograph
ed, but within "a hours the $500 that they
wanted came. and he had to send to stop
the printing Of that letter, and it never
was printed. God had sent it all. There
was not man among the trustees but
who would bear witness that no one knew
about that till the money came. They
did not tell anybody. One gentleman
sent him postal card requesting him to
sec him at the post Office. He went and
the gentleman said he thought he ought
to give something to the cause Of God
and he handed him $500. And yet there
were 4 set OF wretches who told them that
God never answered prayer, but these
were persons who never prayed them
selves. Christian at Work.
We have all heard. half doubtfully,
Of propensity OF cats for sucking the
breath Of children, and now we have
this incident, which fully establishes
the fact; and which occurred in Middle
town, in this State, on Monday of last
week. It appears that Mrs. sila,
Doloway was accustomed to leave her
babe, little girl four months old, on
the bed upstairs while doing her morn.
inss work in the basement, from where
she could easily hear the least noise
On the morning in question she heard
the little one growing as usual, but fin
ally noticed that the sounds ceased, and
shortly aftc, ward heard strange, gurg
li1g noise. Surprising that the child
had got its head under the bed cloths
and WIS suffocatine, she ran up stairs
to see about it, and found the house cal
with its nose in the childs mouth. The
! child was strangled black, and wa:
fighting teebly with its hands Sh,
caught the child and shook it sevcra
times, when it caught its breath and
came out all right. In few minute!
more it would probably have been
strangled to death. Mrs. Doloway had
to pull the cat off the child, so eager
was it to remain. 1t had paw or
eithsr side OF the child's head, and had
its nose pressed deeply into the child's
mouth. The cat was instantly. killed
There is no reason, because Of this, why
an anti-cat fever should spread all over
the country, followed by an indiscrim
mate feline slaughter, but it does sug
,cst a measure Of watchfulncss over tho
ways aud doings Of Our household pets
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