Startling Incidents and Experiences in the Christian Life

Not long ago a lawyer in one of our large cities was in serious trouble, and realizing that disaster awaited him unless he should be marvelously favored by providence. In his extreme perplexity, he wrote a letter asking whether or not God ever answers prayer for anything other than the healing of the body.

Sometime previously a banker who realized that his business would shortly go to the wall unless he could borrow a large sum of money, desired to know if God would hear prayer for a person in such a matter of finance.

There are thousands of others who meet with perplexing problems in life, and whose troubles and anxieties are increased and prolonged because they do not know their privilege of taking such things to the Lord in prayer and thereby being enabled to learn the will of God concerning the difficulties in which they are involved.

No apology is to be made for writing this book and recording the incidents and experiences found therein, as Elijah’s God is still the God of the universe. The same God to whom the apostles and those in the early days of Christianity prayed, hears and answers prayer now, and nothing can stand before the prayer of faith.

With few exceptions, the author is acquainted with the persons mentioned herein, and has a personal knowledge of the things related. No doubt some will question the truthfulness of some of the statements given in this volume, but the truth must not be withheld because of a few skeptics and unbelievers. Some doubted the words of our Savior and tried to disbelieve the miracles wrought by the apostles.

A few selections have been made from other publications. Several persons whose names are given have kindly contributed a narration of their experiences, and several incidents have been selected from former books written by the author, namely, “The Secret of Salvation: How to Get It and How to Keep it,”  “Travels and Experiences in Other Lands,” etc. Also, poems have been selected from The Gospel Trumpet. But most of the incidents are from the writer’s own life.

It is the sincere desire and earnest prayer of the author that the narrations given in this volume will inspire every reader to a more profound belief in the God of heaven, and that each may become awakened to his privileges in Jesus Christ, and, through faith in him, may be enabled to reach deeper depths and greater heights in the love of God than ever before.

Anderson, Indiana, Jan. 14, 1915.