The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-17
LIVING BY FAITH.
some Remarkable Answers TO pray,r.

'"'"o heihHhaDic Answers to Prayer,
IL may not be generally known that n
certain Troy minister depends entirely unon
la'th iora living. The Rev. Mr.. Wood, of the
faIth Home, on River street, opposite the
Ludlow Valye-works, in conversation with
reporter yesterday, recited interesting in
stances in which his prayers have been
answered beyond expectation. Said the
Rev MIR. Wood when the home, of which
he is the head, was alludsd to:
THE home is conducted entirely nv faith
Our most intimate friends never know of
any need we experience until il has been
met. Whatever the exigency we make II
known TO God in prayer. AT one time last
spring we were entirely out of provisions,
ihere was absolutely nothing in the house
ior tne next meal. The earnest prayer that
nlSht was mat God would send us some.
thing to eat, and soon an exprossm nm cailed
with large box of groceries. Until n
month ago | was ignorant of the donor
men learned that lady, who had pos
slOiy no means of knowing our circumstan-
ces, mad felt impressed that we were in
need, anu Immediately gave the order for
tne provisions. A number of times when
the last shovelful of coal has been taken
from the bin and we have prayed for more
n ton has been brought a gift from some
person TO us. Whatever we greatly desire
we pray for. Just before Christmas cur
rent ran seriously behind. The agent of
the house very properly made demand for
w. we TOOK the matter to the Lord. The
afternoon mail brought $50 from
New London, Connecticut. We
had no reason to EXPECT IL
from such quarter. Next day there came
from New York check for $25 and also IS
from another person, The New York man
said he could not tell why he had sent the
check. In a subsequent letter he stated he
would have given money before, but he
thought Troy should take care of its
own benevolent institutions. i promptly
answered him that this was not Troyis
institution, but Gods. by January
my prayer for money had brought more
than enough to pay the back rent. have
prayed l0r people for MS to take care of in
this Faith Home, and God has sent them,
We try to reform them and then get them
places to work. We opened the home on
thls basis, thinking il we did not make II
tax upon the charitable citizens and were
successful, 1t would aid Gods cause in
showing that He did hear aud answer
prayers. Our only help is from Him
and to Him we are accountable if
we make mistakes. Ii must, therefore, be
obvious that any one throwing himself on
GODS mercy in this way must be on an
honest basis with him. A largo cook stove
was given me by u manufacturer in ex-
change for u range. For some unknown
reason the stove would not draw, and 1t was
useless. A pattern-maker and an expert,
the latter sent by the manufacturer, exam
ined 1t and could not discover the cause
OF the fault. The Tuesday before
thanksgiving came, and il looked as
| though that stove was to cost us the loss OF
Thanksgiving dinner. That Tuesday we
prayed that the Lord would send us new
stove or remedy the defect in the one we
had. The next morning the fire was
| lighted and the stove drew excellently.
| We have had no trouble with il since then.
Our aim is to aid people who are not
properly charge upon the public beneyo-
lent institution. We take from the
streets those whom little help will rescue
from life OF shame. We never give money.
By the way, we expect to change our loca.
ton in the spring to quarters near tho
present home, but within the Troy line.
The Rev. Mr.. Wood, who has done very
excellent work as city missionary here
has the confidence and esteem of many
prominent Trojans. His case is similar tC
that OF the Rev. Mr.. Muller, of Bristol
England. who has for years sustained al
immense orphanago on the "iaith home
plan, esking no aid except from the Maker
|-[Troy, n. Y, Times.