The Daughter's Prayer.

The late Doctor Krummacher, chaplain to the king of Prussia, in

referring to faith and prayer, writes as follows:



"A little incident occurs to me which I can hardly withhold, on account

of its simplicity and beauty. The mother of a little girl, only four

years of age, had been, for some time, most dangerously ill. The

physician had given her up. When the little girl heard this, she went

into an adjoining oom, knelt down, and said: 'Dear Lord Jesus, O make

my mother well again.'



"After she had thus prayed, she said, as though in God's name, with as

deep a voice as she could: 'Yes, my dear child, I will do it gladly!'

This was the little girl's amen. She rose up, joyfully ran to her

mother's bed, and said: 'Mother, you will get well!'



"And she recovered, and is in health to this day. Is it, then, always

permitted for me to pray thus unconditionally respecting temporal

concerns? No; thou must not venture to do so, if, whilst you ask, you

doubt. But shouldst thou ever be inclined by God's Spirit to pray thus,

without doubt or scruple, in a filial temper, and with simplicity of

heart, resting on the true foundation, and in genuine faith, then pray

thus by all means! None dare censure thee; God will accept thee."