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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Dec 25, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 52.

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God Answered Prayer

By J. N. QUINN

J. N. QUINN
A FEW nights since, before going out to conduct a gospel service, I felt especially desirous that God's Spirit would manifest his power. Casting myself before God, I entreated him for his saving grace.
The meeting was held in a place where there is neither church nor Sunday-school. The gospel of God's grace was presented, and the people were interested. The closing song was being sung, and as I bowed my head I told God the prayer offered before coming to the service could be answered at no other time, and that his promise was as sure as his throne. The song closed, and I called for a surrender to God. The man of the house, a great, strong six-footer, raised his hand; then his wife's hand was raised; then two others requested prayer. Close to the piano sat a girl of about fourteen years, I saw in her face the evidence of a tense struggle. Offering a silent prayer, I quietly waited. Then her hand was raised, and the tears in her eyes told of victory.
As we knelt together before God and offered ourselves to him, he made us know the tenderness of his own presence. There was no noise, no excitement, no appeal to the emotions; just the persistent plea of the Holy Spirit to give to God what we have no right to, our sins; for they are his, having been bought at a great price. At my back, on the wall, was a glass crucifix; in front of me, a picture of the Virgin Mary; yet even in this home God's love could not be resisted. Truly the Father answers prayer.
Another instance. Returning home from a Bible study one evening, I found one of my children suffering intensely with earache, an ailment common to her. Home treatment this night failed to bring relief, and I considered calling a physician. Going to the basement for the night's supply of coal, I heard the groans of the sufferer. Instantly came the thought, You would relieve the pain if you could: God is more merciful than you; he can do it. And there in that basement I asked that God would hear and heal. I filled my coal-bucket, came up-stairs, and found the sick one asleep. She awoke several hours later without the earache. Several years have passed since that night, but not once has there been a return of the trouble.
Yes, God answers prayer. No one but the believer in Christ can fully appreciate the confidence and peace this great fact brings to the troubled, perplexed heart. God is honored when we trust him. 'He delighteth in mercy.' His promises are 'Yea and amen' in Christ Jesus. He is worthy of praise, adoration, service.
Takoma Park, D. C.