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Prayer Wins the Victory

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 29, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 9.

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Prayer Wins the Victory

THE sultan of Turkey in 1839 passed a decree that not a representative of the Christian religion should remain in the empire. Dr. Godell came home to Dr. Hammond with the sad news: “It is all over with us; we have to leave. The American consul and the British ambassador say it is no use to meet with antagonism this violent and vindictive monarch.” The reply of Dr. Hammond was, “The Sultan of the universe can, in answer to prayer, change the decree of the sultan of Turkey.” They gave themselves to prayer; the next day the sultan died, and the decree has never been executed.—Selected.