A Prayer For $25.

"God moves in a mysterious way

His wonders to perform."





"I had a present of twenty-five dollars once, which was a direct answer

to earnest, pleading prayer. I was entirely out of money for months--I

could not earn a dollar. I had those who might have assisted me, but

they did not. I could have borrowed, but I might never be able to return

it; I knew not what to do. One evening, thinking t all over, scanning

the dark cloud with anxious eyes, I said, 'If the Lord cannot help me,

no one else can; I will ask Him.' And so I did, bringing all the

previous promises before Him, pleading my unworthiness, but my great

need; asking first for _ten dollars_; then, as I grew more earnest, I

asked for _twenty-five,_ feeling almost frightened as the words came

from my lips. Sometimes the thought would intrude, 'How can you ask for

any given sum--how do you expect it will come?' so I said, one day, to

the Lord, 'Any sum you choose; you know best; I will be content.'

Several weeks passed, and a sweet feeling of rest and assurance came,

that, whatever came of it, would be all for the best. But, by-and-by,

when the anxious pleading feeling was all gone, one morning came a

letter from one I had never seen, with $25--just what I had asked for. I

cannot tell you just how I felt; I only know I held the check long in my

hand, scarcely realizing it could be for me."