SPIRIT MOTIVATED PRAYER
Dr. Raymond Edmond of Wheaton College had not been in Uruguay as a missionary very long when he became deathly sick. In fact, the Uruguay nationals had his grave dug, and were waiting close by to take his body away. Suddenly, Dr. Edmund sat up in bed. He called to his wife, “Bring me my clothes. I’m getting up!” He had instantly recovered and nobody knew what had happened, or what had caused his recuperation. Many years later he was retelling the story of this remarkable recovery to a church in Boston. After the service, a little old lady with a small dog-eared, beaten-up old Prayer Book came up to him. She said, “What day did you say you were dying in Uruguay? What time would it have been in Boston?” They figured it would have been 2:00 A.M. on a specific date. Her wrinkled face lit up. Pointing to her book, she exclaimed, “There it is, you see? At 2:00…
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