A Prayer For A Servant.


"Some time after, we failed to find anything like suitable help in the

house, which we greatly needed. Before starting out one morning, in

secret I prayed to God to direct me as I went on my uncertain business,

and prayed as I called at different places, and soon found a colored

girl sixteen years old wanting a place, who came and proved to be the

best help we ever had, before or since. For seven years and a half she

l
ved in the family, taught two of our children to read; was glad, from

choice, to move with us to different places, till she left to be

married, fell sick and passed away. A dozen other times when driven in

straits, _in answer to prayer_ God has enabled us to procure necessary

help, which was difficult to obtain.



"In 1874, while on my way to see my mother in Pennsylvania--who had just

been paralyzed, and died the next week--I was suddenly paralyzed in my

left arm, by which, I have since been helpless and useless. After coming

here to live, being in want of a man to lift me in and out of bed, dress

me, etc., for which we inquired of people, and prayed to God to send us

the needed help. We had not means to hire and pay any person to do such

work, even if he could be found. Soon the right one came, in the person

of a young German, who was tramping through the country in search of

employment and food; was ready and glad to do any work for a living. For

pay that satisfied him and us, he staid in the family over a year,

working out doors and in; could be trusted to do business with money,

and return every cent correctly. After being with us over a year, when

we needed him no longer, he obtained a situation in a good family, where

he is now living. In many instances, I have prayed to be healed of

special sickness, always using what remedies I thought best, yet asking

the divine blessing on their use."



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