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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 30, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 48.

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Something Gives Way

A CHRISTIAN woman in a town in New York desired to obtain a schoolhouse for the purpose of starting a Sabbath-school, but was refused by a skeptical trustee. Still she persevered, and asked him again and again.
“I tell you, Aunt Polly, it is of no use. Once for all, I say you can not have the schoolhouse for any such purpose.”
“I think I am going to get it,” said Aunt Polly.
“I should like to know how, if I do not give you the key.”
“I think that the Lord is going to unlock it.”
“Maybe he will,” said the infidel, “but I can tell you this; he will not get the key from me.”
“Well, I am going to pray over it, and I have found out from experience that when I keep on praying, something always gives way.”
And the next time she came, the hard heart of the infidel gave way, and she received the key. More than this, when others opposed the school, he sustained her, and great good was done for perishing souls.
“Something gives way.” Sometimes there is a funeral. When God’s Spirit inspires a prayer in a believing Christian’s heart, Omnipotence stands ready to answer it. “Something gives way.”—Christian Secretary.