Remarkable Preservation Of Life From Lightning In Answer To Prayer.


I was riding on top of the Boulder Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in the

summer of 1876, when a sudden storm of rain, wind, and furious tempest

came up. There was no shelter from rocks, no trees or buildings to be

seen--a lonely, wind-swept summit. I knew that the lightning on those

high elevations was fearful in intensity. I was appalled at the prospect

before me, but feeling that God had promised to care for his children--
/> "No evil shall befall thee or come nigh thy dwelling"--I composed

myself, and though on horseback, with the rain beating in torrents, I

offered simple prayer to God that he would save me from the rain and

stop it. But _No_, it came harder than ever; then I prayed that I might

be protected from all danger, "_for I trusted in Him_!"



I rode on and on for miles, chilly, cold, wet through, the clouds

hanging low and the lightning flashing above me, around me, striking

near me, constant flashes, peals of thunder; but I was not terrified.

"God must keep me." _Twice I was distinctly struck_ with the electric

flash, detached portions or sparks from the electric cloud, directly in

the center of the forehead, but it had no more force than just to close

my eyes, shake my head a little, obscure my sight a moment, and then it

was all over, and I was clearer, cooler, calmer, happier, and more

self-possessed than ever before. I attribute my protection from peril

entirely to prayer, and the fierceness of the tempest and the proximity

of danger were permitted by the Lord to try my trust. Those portions

which struck me, if in ordinary times had been given me from an electric

battery in a school-room, a shock with sparks only one-hundredth the

size, would have killed me.



I can thus say with thanks, faith was then made perfect in danger, and

the Lord _was faithful_ in hearing his child's cry, and delivered him.



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