THE INFLUENCE OF A MOTHER'S PRAYERS
More than thirty years ago, one lovely Sunday morning, about eight young men, students in a law school, were walking along the banks of a stream that flows into the Potomac river, not far from the city of Washington. They were going to a grove, in a reti ... read more
THE LAME HEALED
Charles G. Finney, during his life-time, was familiar with the circumstances connected with the remarkable healing of a sick lady in Oberlin, OH., the wife of R.D. Miller, and these facts were vouched for as unquestionably authentic. Mr. Finney says:
M ... read more
THE LORD'S WAY OF SENDING HELP
A few years ago we were led out to pray for means to make a payment on our home, in Grand Rapids, Mich. The amount was one hundred dollars, and it was due in two weeks. We had no way of getting the money; and, realizing the promises of God to be reliable, ... read more
THE MIDNIGHT CONFLICT
Shall I repeat a true story told me by the sufferer himself a few weeks ago? And may I repeat it, so far as memory serves me, in his own language? I can never forget the passionate energy of my friend, as he walked again in the darkened chambers of a wrec ... read more
The PRODIGAL
Theodore Clapp, for many years a minister of religion in the city of New Orleans, narrates the following incident, which occurred within his experience:Several years ago there was a lady, mother-, residing in one of the Northern States, distinguished for ... read more
THE QUAKER WHO REFUSED TO FIGHT
We clip the following from Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War, Vol. 3, p. 79. It is certainly a remarkable evidence of God's power to deliver them that put their trust in him. -- Editor.
There were some Friends or Quakers from South Caro ... read more
THE SECRET OF JAMES CAUGHEY'S WONDERFUL SUCCESS
This wonderful evangelist was known to only a few of the present generation. He died at a good old age in New Brunswick, N.J., but two or three years before the publication of this book.
In one of his books, Mr. Caughey says: "I am now fully persuaded ... read more
THE SECRET OF JOHN SMITH'S SUCCESS
This extraordinary man died at the early age of thirty-seven He commenced his labors as a Wesleyan minister in England, in 1816, and closed them nearly simultaneously with his life on the 3d of November, 1831. The following, which reveals the secret of hi ... read more
THE STOWAWAY
On board an English steamer, a little ragged boy, aged nine years, was discovered on the fourth day of the voyage out from Liverpool to New York, and carried before the first mate, whose duty it was to deal with such cases. When questioned as to his objec ... read more
THE WIDOW'S PRAYER ANSWERED
A captain's widow, whom I knew for many years of our chapel, was much concerned for the conversion of her son, who was a sailor. For a long time he had promised to be a comfort and help to his mother; but through the influence of bad companions he became ... read more
THE WIDOW'S WOOD AND FLOUR
The following instance is known to The Christian as true, and to a remarkable degree indicates how thoroughly God knows our minutest needs, and how effectively He makes those who ever reproach His name ashamed of their unbelief. "A friend and relative o ... read more
THE WONDERFUL CURE OF MRS. SHERMAN
Although there are so many cases of healing in answer to prayer, yet the incident of the healing of Mrs. Sherman is so minute, and resulted in such a radical change of the physical constitution, that it is necessary to relate it in full detail. It is too ... read more
THE WONDERFUL RESULTS OF A LITTLE PRAYING BAND
In the year 1874, a little band of humble Christians was formed in Chicago, having for its one object the salvation of souls. Four of the number had been local preachers in England, others were lay-workers. But alike, their hearts burned within them to sp ... read more
THE YOUNG MARTYR
On the afternoon of August 9, 1853, a little Norwegian boy, named Kund Iverson, who lived in the city of Chicago, Ill., was going to the pastures for his cow, as light-hearted, I suppose, as boys usually are when going to the pasture on a summer afternoon ... read more
THERE IS NO REST IN HELL
About ninety years ago, there was in Glasgow a club of gentlemen of the first rank in that city. They met professedly for card-playing, but the members were distinguished by such a fearless excess of profligacy, as to obtain for it the name of "The Hell ... read more
THERE'S THE LORD'S ANSWER
Many years ago, when in my country charge, I returned one afternoon from a funeral, fatigued with the day's work. After a long ride, I had accompanied the mourners to the churchyard. As I neared my stable door, I felt a strange prompting to visit a poor ... read more
THEY WHO TRUST THE LORD SHALL NOT WANT
Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, whose husband is a member of the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who was for many years U. S. Minister to Denmark, and afterwards to Switzerland, and has also filled the chair of Systematic Theology in Bost ... read more
TRANSLATION OF BISHOP HAVEN
On Saturday morning, January 3, 1880, in MaIden, Massachusetts, Bishop Gilbert Haven's physician said that his last day had come, and that it would do him no harm to see his friends. Many were near at hand. Others were summoned by telegram and by messeng ... read more
WILLIAM CLOWES, THE SPIRITUAL MOUNTAINEER
This man of God knew how to pray. George Lamb, in his memorial of him, says: "On a certain missionary tour he walked one day twenty-four miles, and while on the road, he said: "I fell into a profound meditation on the fall of man, his departure from or ... read more
WILLIAM CLOWES, THE SPIRITUAL MOUNTAINEER
This man of God knew how to pray. George Lamb, in his memorial of him, says: "On a certain missionary tour he walked one day twenty-four miles, and while on the road, he said: "I fell into a profound meditation on the fall of man, his departure from or ... read more
"DOES THIS RAILROAD LEAD TO HEAVEN?"
In traveling we often meet with persons of different nationalities and languages; we also meet with incidents of various character, some sorrowful, and others joyful and instinctive. One of the latter character I witnessed recently while traveling upon th ... read more
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