A doctor, sadly defeated in his fight for the life of his patient, went
to his bedroom and prayed for light, and he "happened to think" that the
patient might have swallowed some piece of metal. There was no report of
the like symptoms in any case he could find in the medical books. But so
deep was the impression that he secured a powerful magnet and drew forth
the death-dealing needle. A merchant had an offer for his entire stock
which seemed favorable, and, as he was in need, the offer seemed
providential. But while the suggestion from the pulpit that each
worshiper pray for success in his occupation was being adopted he prayed
for his business. At that hour his son in Denver was also praying in
church. When he there thought of his father he decided fully to go home
and enter business with him. So completely did he decide that the next
morning he telegraphed to his surprised and delighted father that he
would come home if his father needed his assistance. The joy of having
his son at home again overcame his determination to complete a
favorable bargain, and he declined the offer promptly. Before the son
reached Philadelphia a sudden change in the paper market doubled the
sale value of the father's stock.
One writer for a daily newspaper was meditating on some object of prayer
in the silence of the praying congregation when the idea of a textbook
on journalism for college use came to his mind for the first time. It
led directly to a series of syndicate articles which enabled him to
purchase the home for which he had been praying. A mechanic who had been
out of work, owing to a fire, prayed for a job. At the same time a
builder who was a stranger in the church was praying for a competent
partner. When the prayers were finished they "happened" to look at each
other across the church and each wondered why the other looked at him so
intently. The pews in which they sat were at right angles and it was a
natural thing for the occupant of one pew to glance at the inmate of
the other pew. After church each approached the other with the
simultaneous expression, "It seems to me that we have met before." But
that was their first meeting. Their firm is now engaged in large
construction work in concrete houses and factories. A servant girl in a
small home prayed for a dress suitable for church and at that hour her
mistress was visiting a friend who remarked that the photograph of a
deceased daughter greatly resembled the visitor's servant girl. A few
minutes later the friend of the mistress said: "I wonder if my
daughter's dresses would fit your servant? If they will fit her, there
are here two new gowns that the dressmaker sent home after my daughter's
death."
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