The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12
the Power of Prayer.
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either sell or tear down the building.
Tune 18th came and / did not have
ten dollars with which 70 meet the
$500 payment. but said: .Fathcr.
Thou canst keen it for me. money or
no money: | viii trust ana not D..
afraid" My faith needed 10 be ps-
tablished in Tim for this work be-
fore He mad anything real. OF /
would have failed utterly. About tyro
weeks after this test l was impressed
That every day / delayed to go oyer
ana possess the land was wasted.
"beyed the Heavenly calling and
started With about enough money ~
pay for my ticket one way from CO.
lumbia. S. G.. 10 Marion. y. g.. -
purchase the Catawha Hotel not
knowing whore the money would
come from. | only knew that the
Lord had said. GO" ana I WaS SURF
lie would provide.
When / reached Marion had $500
purchase money, and a letter from
received SS4 voluntary contributions
from friends. Then my secretary.
Miss stanley. reported $27. and not
knowing that the 81 had been re-
ported twice, l purchased. promising
$500 first payment. Ii when these
payment. $15 lawyers fee. IS for re-
cording the papers. My faith was
laughed at, but they kindly said i ]
would give my note for the $35 aad
pay it the next week it would be all
right. | did. and our Father enabled
me to pay it.
Now, his huge skeleton of a house
purchased and / holding the titles
with q first payment Of $500 OF my
Lords money, free-Will. love gifts 70
Him entrusted to me by His children
for this purpose in answer to prayer,
-. - 80 =, 4AIi1:4 ~ ;nr $50 49, 1S-aarlf
to Him. it cannot. it must not fail. II
is His work. He has promised, He is
DE and it is His good pleasure to
fulfill His promises as we reckon Il
done. lie said, ASK and We shall re-
ceivc." Command We me" according
to your faith" and it is III privilege
tc 0bev Ills word leaving results t..
him. lie never begins a work TO fail.
but is hunting for those upon whom
He can depend and who viii take Him
at His word
There were two rooms finished and
a family in each when | purchased.
and they said there was no vacant
house they could get. but |
needed the rooms / asked the Father
to please give them a house and soon
they notified me they were going -
nlove. 1t distressed me the first time
| saw ii rain after securing the build
ing. There were about two hundred
ana llIiN open WINDOWS anu SoIlt booiS
besides the rents and bullet holes in
the roof through which the rain poured
into the Wcather-beaten house.
knelt in an unfinished room and
pleaded With the Lord please to pre-
serve it until | could get it shut in
out of the weather.
The first work / had done was t.
repair some breaches in the brick
foundation, then came the repairs on
the root ready for the painters. soon
after the purchase | began asking the
Lord hat some one would be touched
and caused by the Holy Spirit to give
me a bill of lumber to fit some OF the
rooms 10 open school by January,
1899. for | had no money to buy IT
or anything else with, and August 30,
1898, at Indian Springs Camp Meeting,
Georgia, | talked on Missions and
closed with an appeal for rayer for
those who like myself. had only lives
10 give. At the close Of service, Bro.
Mcconnell contributed $50, and took
q collection for Elhanan. Bro. T. W.
Garbut came forward and said ne
would give a $1,000 bill Of lumber. one
minister gave some books out Of his
library. some contributed money.
among them vas a sweet girl Of five
summers who had two gold pieces
given her one each from her grand
mothers on the day OF her birth. With
tears in fcr eyes she Dut z afnt
'f1GId my neck anu WIN blIf bilrI
hand dropped two gold pieces. $50
each. into my hand. while she told me
the story. adding. Il wanted to give
it to you There We're also boxes of
bedding. towels. etc. added to the col
lection. May the Lord bless and richly
rewa-d each one Of them.
The second payment OF 800 came
due September /. and | only had a few
dollars to meet it with. ] had been and
vas praying almost day and night fer
il with HASTINGS. and during the night
of August 80 He gave me his prom
Use: And when He putteth forth His
own sheep. He goeth before them. and
the sheep follow Him: for they know
His voice" John 10:4). II flooded
my soul with JOY n loving confidence
ir- Him. started from Indian Springs,
Ga. to Marion. y. c.. August 81, 10
meet a note fo- 500 due the next day
with less than $50 IN my purse. but |
had this and ether precious promises
from Him and was so rejoiced in them