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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. REMARKABLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER. One prominent feature in the character of our forefathers was, they were men of prayer. In every emergency, the mercy seat was their first and last resort. I hear the pilgrim's peaceful prayer, Swelling along the silent air, Amid the forest wild. Their expectation was from God alone. They hung helpless on the arm of the Lord, and poured out their fervent, believing desires into his bosom. Nor did they plead in vain. They had power with God. Eternity alone will fully disclose the influence of their supplications. Answers to prayer do not generally come with. observation. They are often sent in a way which is hid from most persons, and frequently even from those who receive them. There are, however, instances in which answers to prayer are so striking and visible as to be obvious to all. A few cases of this kind are found in the early history of New England. In the summer of 1623, the people of Plymouth were visited with a severe and distressing drought. From about the middle of May to the middle of July, the rain was entirely withheld, the ground became exceedingly dry, and the corn greatly parched and dried up; so that famine, with its attendant evils, seemed inevitable. In their extremity they repaired to Him who had so often appeared for them in the dark hour of affliction. A day of fasting and prayer was appointed; they met and continued their fervent supplications for eight or nine hours, without cessation. During the former part of the day the sky was cloudless, and the sun poured its clear and scorching rays upon the surrounding fields; but before night the heavens were overcast, and soon the rain fell in gentle, refreshing showers, which continued, at intervals, for fourteen days. The natives were struck with...
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