A Prayer for $25

"God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."

"I had a present of twenty-five dollars once, which was a direct answer to earnest, pleading prayer. I was entirely out of money for months—I could not earn a dollar. I had those who might have assisted me, but they did not. I could have borrowed, but I might never be able to return it; I knew not what to do.

One evening, thinking it all over, scanning the dark cloud with anxious eyes, I said, 'If the Lord cannot help me, no one else can; I will ask Him.' And so I did, bringing all the previous promises before Him, pleading my unworthiness, but my great need; asking first for _ten dollars_; then, as I grew more earnest, I asked for _twenty-five,_ feeling almost frightened as the words came from my lips.

Sometimes the thought would intrude, 'How can you ask for any given sum—how do you expect it will come?' so I said, one day, to the Lord, 'Any sum you choose; you know best; I will be content.' Several weeks passed, and a sweet feeling of rest and assurance came, that, whatever came of it, would be all for the best.

But, by-and-by, when the anxious pleading feeling was all gone, one morning came a letter from one I had never seen, with $25—just what I had asked for. I cannot tell you just how I felt; I only know I held the check long in my hand, scarcely realizing it could be for me."