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offered up to God for him. He gave his heart to God before the meeting closed. His countenance was lighted up with joy. "I went into the country to see my brother," said the man who related the fact. "He was sick on the bed. I told my mother about the young sailor that stood up and said, Pray for me. My brother heard it as he lay on the bed, and it led him to inquire what he must do to be saved. He asked his mother to pray with him, and she did. He asked his sister to pray with him, and she did. He then asked his father to pray with him; but he could not, for he had never prayed for himself. 'Do pray with me, father; do pray with me, father!'-'I cannot, my son.' My brother died very happy, looking up with a smile, and saying, 'I have found the Saviour.' His father is in great distress about his soul, the words of his son still sounding in his ears, 'Do pray for me, father; do pray for me, father!""

A SISTER'S PRAYERS.-His father was a wealthy man, and a devoted Christian. This young man was very wicked, a Sabbath-breaker, gambler, and everything that was bad. He boarded in my family; I think I never knew so wicked a man. He left his father's house, went to sea, was gone some time— returned, then went on the Mississippi River, gambling on board the boats. Then he came back to New York, and went to the Five Points. There his friends found him, took him away-and he was shut up for some months. He was invited to go to a prayer-meeting, and went. His mind was much troubled about his soul's salvation, and he finally gave his heart to the Saviour. He is now a happy man, and says, "I never should have been saved if

it had not been for my sister; for she prayed for me night and day, with one arm on the Saviour of the world, and the other on me."

PRAYER AND THE CARD-TABLE.-A young man in the State of Maine, having given himself to the Lord, and found peace in believing, was determined, as he said, to stand up for Jesus. He soon went West. Sailing down the Mississippi River in the steamboat, one night as he was about to go to bed, he found a table in front of his berth, and round it were twelve men playing cards, cursing and swearing. "What shall I do ?" said he to himself. "I will go to the captain and make a complaint." He went as far as the gangway, and he thought to himself, "I will not go, but will go back and do my duty, and offer up my evening prayer to God." He went back, and knelt down at first to pray to himself: but soon there was a burden resting upon him, and he began to cry aloud to God to have mercy upon those about him. How long he prayed he did not know, but when he had done, the men were all gone. He went to bed.

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A short time after this, he was walking in one of the streets in Cincinnati, when two men crossed and came up to him, and took him by the hand, and said, "Do you not know us?"-" No," he said, "I do not.' "Do you not remember praying when we were playing cards on board the steamboat ?”"Yes, I do."-"Well, that prayer was the means of our conversion to God." They afterwards said that five more of that twelve who sat round that table were rejoicing in hope of eternal life through the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, what power there is in prayer!

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A YOUNG CONVERT'S FIRST PRAYER.-A young woman in L. gave her heart to Jesus, and found peace in believing in the Saviour. She went home

at night, and found in her room six young ladies. They said to her, "Well, you have become a Christian, have you?"-She said, "I hope I love the Lord."- 66 Well, I suppose you love to pray." This was said with a sneer. She replied, “I hope I love to pray to my Saviour."-" Will you pray with us ?" This was a trying moment with her, for she had never heard her voice in prayer, nor prayed with any one. She thought a moment, and said, "I will pray with you, if you want me to." She knelt down and prayed for them. The next day was Christmas day, and she met them again, but under very different circumstances. They were all under deep convictions of sin, and said, "Will you pray for us ?"-She said, "I will." All knelt down, and she prayed with all her heart. They cried and prayed for themselves, and soon found peace in believing, and in six weeks from that day, they all united with the Church of God.

Thus God heard her first prayer, and blessed her in the conversion of six of her friends.

WHILE HE WAS PRAYING THE BLESSING CAME.A young man in the city of New York had a father and mother living in this State. His mother was a devoted Christian, but his father was not. He felt great anxiety about the salvation of his father, and began to pray for him, that he might become a Christian. At last he said, I will go and see him. He took the steamboat from New York, and immediately began to pray for him, that he might give his heart to God. He went to his state-room at night,

and, kneeling down, he began to pray; and God rolled upon him such a burden that he prayed all night that God would have mercy upon his father. He did not go to his father's house for two or three days after he arrived in Massachusetts. He first saw his mother, as his father was at work in the field. Said she to him, "Your father is an altered man; he has given his heart to the Saviour, and is rejoicing in hope." He inquired at what time it was that his father found peace, and she said it was on such a night, the very time that he was praying for him on board the steamboat.

TOO WICKED TO PRAY.-The following fact was related at the meeting, in the month of March 1859. About a year ago, one of the teachers of the Old Colony Mission School, in Boston, found a Scotch family, by the name of Logan. There were four children, three of whom were brought into the Sabbath school. The mother had been in favour of having the children attend, but the father was opposed. He was profane, and intemperate, and a Sabbath-breaker. The oldest boy, named Willie, entreated his father to go to the Sabbath school, and at last succeeded in inducing him to attend. When he returned from the school the first time, he told his wife that the children would get no harm there, and that they might go. He was then invited to attend the six-o'clock Sabbath evening prayer-meeting. He went, and told his wife afterwards that he thought he would not go again. When the next Sabbath came, however, he went, and continued to go every Sabbath, ever afterwards, with his wife and with three of the children. He soon gave up profanity and drinking, and his mind

became deeply impressed with the importance of attending to the subject of religion. In a short time, he desired to have a prayer-meeting at his house. It was held, and special pains were taken to have him understand his obligations to God, and his duties as a parent. He was urged to read the Bible and pray. He said he was too wicked, and that if he attempted to pray the floor would break under him, so great were his sins. He was, however, still urged to pray. The next Sabbath evening after this, he rose in the six-o'clock meeting, said he was a great sinner, and urged God's people to pray for him. He became deeply distressed, and was in an agony of mind. A few words said at one of the meetings impressed him deeply. He could neither eat, sleep, nor work. He was a blacksmith by trade, and he said it seemed to him that he could not lift his hammer. He remained in this state of mind for three weeks, his convictions growing deeper with every week. On one Sabbath night, he promised to yield himself to the Saviour. He went home and read the Bible until twelve o'clock at night, and tried to pray. He got no sleep until towards morning. When he awoke, he thought he saw some one standing at his bedside. He looked, and thought he saw Jesus Christ. It seemed to him like a reality. While looking, his burden dropped from him, and he was light and happy. He rose from his bed immediately and prayed, and told his wife that he had found the Saviour. Since then (December 1858), he has felt the greatest interest in his old companions. His wife was soon hopefully converted. A family altar was immediately erected, and happiness, temporal and spiritual, have since followed him day by day.

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