Mr. Moody told a story of two little girls who saved up some pennies and gave them to him to buy a Bible and give it to one of the soldiers who was going to war.
“And tell him,” said they, “we are going to pray for him.”
Mr. Moody bought two Bibles, and one night, when a good many of the soldiers had heard him preach, he held up one of the Bibles, saying,
“If there is a man here who is not a Christian, and who has the courage to rise and take this Bible, and have the prayers of those two fatherless children to follow him through the war, let him step forward; and,” Mr. Moody adds, “to my surprise, sixteen men sprang to their feet, moved forward, and knelt around me, and it seemed as if heaven and earth came together. The prayers of those little children had followed the Bibles. I am so glad that we have a God Who hears and answers prayer.”
ML 11/05/1939