God Is a Prayer-Hearing God
Sister A. O. Thompson writes from Denmark, N. Y.:
‑A short time before we left St. Lawrence Co., Brn. Hilliard and Lawrence came to see us. I said to Bro. H., ‘When I look over the Review I look for a letter from some of the Brn. Byingtons or Hilliards and others that have gone from this State, but get disappointed.’ ‘Then,’ said he, ‘do you not think that some of those friends look for a letter from Bro. and sister Thompson.’ I have felt impressed to write many times, but did not feel that I was worthy; but this much I can say, The Lord has been very good to me and mine. He has raised up my companion from a sick bed, where he has been confined for most of the fall and winter past, and we are not willing that man shall have the praise; for it is the Lord that has done it; and we know of a truth that God is a prayer-hearing and a prayer-answering God. It is nearly two years since I have had the privilege of meeting in social worship with those of like precious faith, and I have no desire to hear the popular trash of the day. I feel that I need the prayers of God’s dear children, that I may be able to overcome, and at last gain mount Zion.”