Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of LoveWheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
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Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of Love
Wheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
Evangelistic work; Prisons
My soul was so blessed that I felt I must go into the other cars and
hold services. We were invited to go to the diner with friends. When
we arrived at the station where dinner was served, one after another
of the passengers handed me some money. When we came in from dinner I
knelt down in the car, and was praying in silence, thanking God for
what He had given us, when I felt someone crush some paper in my
hands. I looked to see what it was and found it was a ten dollar bill,
given by the two gentlemen who had paid our fare in the parlor car. Of
course I was greatly surprised, and as Sister Taylor was kneeling by
my side, I said, "Sister, this must be in answer to your prayer. Did
you pray for money?" She said "Yes, I prayed for hours last night." I
said, "Why you should have been praying for souls." She answered, "I
knew you needed money, and no one was giving it to you." Thus God
hears and answers prayers and provides for the needs of his little
ones.
I give below a letter received from one of the gentlemen who gave us
the ten dollars who was a prominent business man in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburg, Pa., March 25, 1899.
Mrs. E. R. Wheaton, Tabor, Iowa.
My Dear Madam: Your card of the 18th duly received and I was glad
to hear from you and to have your good wishes, but was especially
grateful for your prayers, for I believe in prayer. Do you
realize how much a busy man needs the prayers of God's people?
Brother M., my companion whom you met last fall in Indian
Territory, is well and I know will be glad to hear from you. I
will see him next week, D. V.
If you pass through our city on your trip East, and I know of it,
would gladly call upon you.
With best wishes for your welfare, and Mrs. Taylor's, too, I am,
Very truly your friend,
T. M. N.
The following brief extract is from a report of a service on the train
as we were in company with a number of delegates on their way to the
Convocation of Prayer at Baltimore, in January, 1903:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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