for the encouragement of those who labor in prayer

"The Lord is working among us; among other things, adding to our number. Our dear, departed brother R.'s prayers are being answered one by one. Every one that he had on his list has either yielded or is gradually yielding to Christ. It is a lesson concerning prayer which I hope never to forget. " Yours affectionately,"

Dear readers:May we all pray more in faith, as did that beloved brother. Prayer to him was committing to God what was beyond his own power; and having committed it to God, the answer to it was looked for as though it were sin to doubt its coming. Such is prayer in the Spirit.