Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-26
BELIEVES HE GETS
THINGS BY PRAYER
Rev. G. w. Savidge Uses It to
Secure Some of the 0rdi-
nary Things of Life.
CITES SEVERAL EXAMPLES
By A. R. GROH.


Prayer, to many people, is a sort
of formaiity. Many others use it
only to plead for the OTTER or more
aesthetic things OF life.
Rev. Charlie w. Savidge prays for
the everyday things OF life. BY
prayer he found a COW Of his which
had strayed away. By payer he Sc
cured buggy that he needed in his
work. By prayer he received tens
of thousands OF dollars 'or his House
OF Hope.
His prayers have had astonishing
results. Have Faith in God" is his
motto. He has :, blazoned in a big
sign or his residence.
Once | needed buggy" said Mr..
Savidge. Il hat the horse and har-
ness, but a buggy was absolutely
necessary for my work. | resolved
to pray for it. | opened my Bible.
Mark xi:24 was in front of me, What
things soeyer ye desire when ye pray,
believe ye receive them and ye shall
have them | prayed till noon. Then
from - 3 o'clock. Sometimes |
would rise and 60 10 the window to
see If my uggy was coming.
Gets His Buggy.
AT 3 o'clock young fellow called
and made an engagement for me to
marry him at 3 o'clock. | continued
to pray until almost that time. At
the close o. the ceremony he handed
me an envelope containing $50, The
largest marriage fee | ever received.
There was NV buggy"
Another time Mr.. Savidge was in
dire need ot $40 to pay the ground
rent where the church stands. He
prayed all day. Early in the evening
a woman dressed in brown called at
his house. 81 have never seen you
before, but | am impelled by some
feeling that | can't explain to bring
you some money for your work." she
said. She handed him three S. bills.
She was going away when she opened
her purse ard drew out silver dol
lar. She turned this over once or
twice and then put it back in her
purse.
Il couldn't understand why she had
gone away with my silver dollar"
said Mr.. Savidge. 81 went out in
the kitchen and asked my wife
whether any money had come in. She
told me she had just sold a dollar
worth of milk tickets. There was my
SLOT!
Another time a valuable COW OF
Mr.. 'Savidge's strayed away. The
family depended largely on her milk
for living. For ten days and nights
fruitless search was prosecuted.
Then Mr.. Savidge began to pray. He
prayed all day.
Suddenly | knew that l had her."
he said. 81 put on my overshoes and
overcoat and started on bee line
toward the northwest. When / had
run mile | saw very clearly that
was in Gods hands. stopped, raised
my hands to heaven and praised God
from my heart that | had come into
such intimate touch with Him. After
running another mile | stopped at a
whitewashed cottage. A woman came
to the door. She said she had not
seen stray cow. l said, Madam,
why do you speak to me so? You
know you did She said, Was she a
white and brown Jersey? l said, Yes.
The COW was in the barn and l led
her home.
Il believe God gave me that answer.
knowing l needed to understand that
He would reach out His hand in su-
pernatural work the same as when
Jesus was here. When He sees fit He
can transform US into spiritual state
and we can see and hear things such
as Paul did"
Mr.. Savidge tells with enthusiasm
of the life of George Muller of Bris.
tol, England, who received and spent
%,500,000 in charitable works and
never asked any man for a penny.