The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-27
CORN SAVED BY PRAYER
Why Nissourian Believes Provi-
dence Was Good to Missouri.

The Appeal by Persons An Wells
Vile, Mo-, For Good Growing
weather Was Answered by COpiOUs
Showers, Says II. z. Turner-Hata
Taken on TO the 'Praying Brigade"
"As direct result of formal pub
lie appeal to Providence for good corn
growing weather, as / firmly believe,
the state Of Missouri will this year pro-
duce the most abundant corn crop IN
all it's history. 1t is no argument for
skeptics to assert we would have had
good corn season anyhow. June
started in distressingly unfayorable. 1t
looked like crops would be total fall
ure. A special prayer meeting was or
ganized at Wellsville, earnest tnVoca-
lions for relief were sent up and the
rain came. We have a right to judge
by results, the supreme test of all en-
deavor''
The observation was made by Harry
E. Turner, a Wellsville (MO) editor,
says a Macon (MO) dispatch to the
Kansas City Star He is member
of the Cumberland Presbyterian church
in his town For many years Mr.. Tur-
| ner has been a devoted promulgator Of
the doctrine of prompt divine response
to faithful prayer. He said:
1.-THE farmers of Montgomery coun-
ty had put out unusually large crops
| the early part of this year and were
hoping for bountifuI harvest. But
as the weeks passed by and there were
no indications of rain it became evil
! dent the corn was destined to be to-
| tai failure and that other crops would
| be cut mournfully short. The blazing
sun was shriveling everything green
and baking the earth. Our pastor. the
Rev J. 3. White, and / talked the mat
| ter over with the other ministers Of
the place, and ii was decided the surest
way to avert the impending calami-
ty was to hold a union prayer meeting.
We had an excellent precedent III the
proclamation Of Governor c. II. Har
din in 1874. which called for fasting
and prayer throughout the state that
the grasshopper plague might be re-
moved.
There We're some very good church
members who advised against making
a public appeal, their argument being
that should we fail sinners would jeer
and unbelievers become set in their
ways worse than ever
But we will not fair exclaimed
Pastor White. We will not even think
of failing!
! We'll, prayer meeting night came,
and, though but comparatively few
were out. it was Il most enthusiastic
gathering. Everybody spoke, and ev-
erybody said we'd have rain. He was
absolutely certain about it, There was
not a weak kneeded brother present.
For several days after the meeting
the sun iourneyed along its faTy way
with ever increasing fury. Some Of
: the townSpeople carried umbrellas to
! Joke the praying brigade But to
/ the farmers it was not q laughing mat
ter They could only see ruin ahead
and became gloOmier day by day.
confess that | began to get a little
shaky myself and thought maybe Prov
idence wouldn't pay any attention to
little burg back in the hills. But be-
fore faith went out rain came, and, let
me tell you, 1t was regular gulley
cleaner! And it kept coming. The
farmers frightened. The umbrella
| fends had actual use for their canO-
pies. and when the praying brigade
went down the street people took off
their hats to it.
Now, if you have observed the sit
uation you will notice that the rain
has come all through the summer just
as needed And the gratifying thing
about 1t is that other counties have
been blessed as we'll as ours"
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