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Title: The Wonders of Prayer
A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer

Author: Various

Release Date: March 12, 2004 [EBook #11553]

Language: English

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FACTS STRANGER THAN FICTION

THE WONDERS OF PRAYER:

A RECORD OF WELL AUTHENTICATED AND WONDERFUL ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

AS NARRATED BY:

GEORGE MULLER, W.W. PATTEN, D.D.,
D.L. MOODY, CHAS. CULLIS,
C.H. SPURGEON, S.I. PRIME, D.D.,
BISHOP SIMPSON, E. KRUMMACHER,
NEWMAN HALL, D.D., MARTIN LUTHER,
BISHOP T. BOWMAN, JOHN KNOX,
CHAS. G. FINNEY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

AND HOSTS OF OTHERS.

NEW EDITION. REVISED BY D.W. WHITTLE.

1885

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INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION.

The incidents which are published in this volume, are vouched for upon
the strongest proofs of authenticity possible to obtain, and are either
of circumstances known amid my own experience, or connected with the
lives of my correspondents and their friends. They are the thankful
record and tribute to the power of _persevering faith_.

Nothing has been published concerning which there is the least shadow of
doubt. All have been carefully investigated.

Every case has been one of real prayer, and the results that have come,
came only in answer to the prayer of faith, and were not possible to
obtain without it.

They demonstrate to a wonderful degree, the immediate practical ways of
the Lord with his children in this world, that He is far nearer and more
intimate with their plans and pursuits than it is possible for them to
realize.

Neither have we depended upon the relation of facts of a few, to
convince the world of the real power of faith, but have added concurrent
testimony of incidents actually known in the experience of such eminent
clergymen as Charles Spurgeon, Newman Hall, Martin Luther, W.
Huntington, Dr. Waterbury, George Muller, Dr. Cullis, Dr. Patton, Dr