The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-06

would have been no record Of thi
story.
But they met and prayed and God /,
response to their prayers shook the oil
prison bars open and Peter walked on
and went to his own.
Elijah prayed He was q man sub
Jeet TO passions ana he prayed that Il
might not rain and for three years ant
six months there was not a drop o.
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and poured them down.
30 prayer has power over devils
Prayer has power over nature. over the
troubles OF the world and disease
prayer Ia almost q universal habit
Great men pray. rich men pray. pool
pray. good women pray. bad wome
pray. virtucus women pray, prostitutes
pray.
An aetheist in q railroad wreck said.
NY God. what 10 thisT
In . moment he forgot that he was
q professional agnostic and SO the In
stincts Of the soul always como to It
In time OF sickness or In time OF
trouble. Man 10 invariably a religious
animal. says the old proverb.
! don't know whether that Is . good
definition. but think II is.
Daniel prayed with his window open.
turned to Jerusalem three times a day.
Martin Luther prayer his way through
mountains Of difficulties and blessed
this old world with = reformation that
came in response to his prayers
Washington when the snow was up
to his Arm pits at Valley Forge prayed
for God to give victory to the Con-
tinsntals and that Ia why we have our
liberty and freedom now
Lincoln turned the key In the White
House door and he prayed all night
with Bishop Simpson. l prayed down
in Ocean Grove last summer and two
women came to mo and said. we want
to meet you, we are Bishop Simpson,
daughters" Bishop Simpson prayed
all night with Lincoln asking God to
preserve the victory Of this country.
Knox-his prayers are heard and felt
In Scotland today and the queen feared
them more than che did an invading
army.
Prayer 81 stsnewnn jackson.
Stonewall jackson prayed in every
thing he did and he was known to say.
'Oh, God let this horrible war quickly
come to An end that We may all return
home and engage in the only work that
is worth while and that IL the salvation
OF men,"
George Muller prayed and his pray
ers controlled over eight million dol
lars. He supported thousands of or
phan children: fed, clothed and edu-
Gated them and never asked for q dol
lar.
Commodore Vanderbilt when he lay
dying said. -send for the gardener. he
knows how to pray" So we all want
around when we are bidding
goodbye to this old world.
These men I have named were not
feeble men. the world has crowned
them ~ great, and they were great
men, every one Of them.
Prayer is the swftest thing In the
goes from New York TO Phil
adelphia: Philadelphia to Pittsburg,
cinnatf. Chicago. Portland. Frisco. New
Los Angeles. around the world.
on this wonderful arrow Of light tipped
with hre and the fame Of love and
winged with faith. II goes around the
world to bring men and women to SAL
Walton and to Jesus Christ
Y know mot where hts islands nft
their tufted palms in air.
But this ] know. I cannot drift be-
yond hts love and care
God win answer prayer. I heard DR..
Read ten how when they were sur
rounded by the Boxer troops. assisted
by the imperial troops in tho great
Chinese rebellion, they gathered the
young men and women to
the wind would blow and carry the
flames over the house IN which the Brit
ish were, which was saturated with
oil. They waited to see the Are and
the flames shoot up and the smoke be-
gin to curl over. and they called those
Cody men ana women, and they fell
on their knees and they said:
''Oh! God we are helpless. va pray"
and while they prayed the wind came
and rsined. and rained. and rained
" ithout ceasing for nearly three weeks.
until everything was soaked and satu-
rated. The lowlands were covered and
the rivers leaped their banks.
The armies were debating whether
they would start. when one evening tho
general Of tho United States army
said, Tomorrow morning the gentle
men start for Pekin." 20 they forded
the stream and on they went. Nothing
but the answer Of God to their pray
ers.
In the thirty-ssven years Of war be-
tween Spain ana the Dutch they sur
the city Of Leyden. The peo-
pie there were starving and seven or
eight Dutch ships came up loaded 60
the waters edge with provisions. But
1t was several miles from where they
could come, over to the city. and they
offered Prince william, Of Orange. 4
IN bulous sum II ne would surrender
They could not buy him. Although they
offered to put him In line 70 the Span.
lsh throne. he would not Yield
What Happened.
And then what happened? Thcy
prayed, and God blew the winds and
he picked up the North Sea In the
winds and hurricanes blew until the
waters rolled over every barrier.
eighteen feet deep over the lowlAnds.
They drove the 6paniards that
were encamped out Of the lowiands
and they fed for their lives The
Dutch ships came up against the
walls and the people came mp and
took the provisions or and carried
them from the hold and stored them
in the fort, and then the wind shift
ed and blew back the waters Of the
North Sea and the North Sea has
never crossed that boundary line
from that day to thiA
That was Gods answer to their
prayerA Had Il not been for Gods
answer the red rag Of Spain would
be flying over Holland today.
preached II MinnesotA years and