d your prayers that God, in His mercy, would point out
a way for me to _provide for my family._ The clouds grew thicker and
blacker, but the more earnest were my prayers. _Last Saturday the Lord
came to my rescue_, and provided me with the necessities of life, and
to-day I wish you to join with me in thanksgiving to Almighty God for
these favors;--'For He is good; His mercy endureth forever.'"

A DAUGHTER SAVED FROM MARRIAGE WITH A CORRUPT MAN.

"I pray you give God praise and thanks for His merciful deliverance of
my dear daughter from the _evil influence_ of the man to whom she had
given her love and promise of marriage. THE LORD gave her strength and
courage to break her engagement, in answer to our earnest prayers. Oh,
implore _Him_ to keep that man out of her path, for he is constantly
lying in wait to meet her when she goes out. He wanted her to read bad
books, but told her that they were not wrong. He constantly laid
temptation in alluring forms before her. To HIM alone be the thanks for
this step she has taken."

A SKEPTIC OVERPOWERED.

"More and more God is pouring out His Spirit, gloriously answering your
prayers and ours. I have been constantly asking your prayers, and
though, for a while, the vision tarried, _yet it has come. The young
man_, from a neighborhood where there was _not one Christian_, and _he
himself scarcely less than a skeptic, is now sitting, in his right mind,
at Jesus' feet."_

SAVED FROM DEATH.

"My brother, that lay apparently at the point of death, has been
restored to comparative health."

AN INTEMPERATE YOUNG MAN RECLAIMED.

"Rejoice with me, and thank God for his gracious answer to prayer. The
intemperate young man for whom I requested prayer some months ago, has
turned away from his cups, and is earnestly striving to overcome his
appetite for strong drink. He is competent to be the means of doing so
much good."

THE CONVERSION OF INTIMATE FRIENDS.

"Some time since, I sent request for prayer for the conversion of
friends. Since then _three_ have united with the church."

RAISED UP FROM DEATH'S DOOR.

"Our former pastor was raised up from death's door, in answer to your
prayer. _The doctor gave him up_. He says the Lord alone saved him, in
answer to prayer. Praise His name."

THE DESIRE OF THE HEART FULFILLED.

"A few weeks since I sent a request for prayer in my behalf, asking you
to pray God very earnestly that He would grant me the desi