Illustrative Answers to Prayer — Preface
If any are unwilling to believe that God hears the particular prayers of his trustful children, and is ready to grant them special answers, proportioned to their needs and their faith, these pages are not for them. These narrations are not offered as proof of the unprovable; they are not written to change the belief, or the non-belief, of unbelievers.
If, however, any are glad to be reassured, by the testimony of a brother believer and fellow-disciple, of the truth that our Father in heaven is as ready now as in Bible days to hear and to answer the prayers of his earthly children, according to their need and their faith, these pages are for them. These narrations are proffered as testimonies of one who knows whom he has believed, and who has had constant and repeated experience of his Father’s unvarying love. They are offered in the hope that they will encourage and strengthen the faith of readers who do believe.
In a former volume, entitled “Prayer: Its Nature and Scope,’ I have given my views of prayer, its duty, its essential limitations, its privileges, its perils, and its comforts. In this volume I record some of my personal experiences, or the experiences of those whom I have known or known of, as illustrative of such prayer as God welcomes and honors on the part of those who feel their need of him, and who trust him according to his word. The two volumes really belong together, each being, in a sense, the complement of the other.
I send out this volume, like the other, with the prayer that God will bless it to its readers according as its teachings are sanctioned by his Word and Spirit.
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PHILADELPHIA,
June 8, 1900,
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