Yes, God sends His angels now and again to protect His children when they pray. Prayer, that is, praying in the Holy Ghost, is God’s wondrous gift to man, coupled with His “unspeakable gift” of the Son of God, who died that we might live. Father, Son and Holy Ghost-three Persons and one God, who is our God, and His eye always upon us. Think of it; how blessed.
My brother-in-law was Government Chaplain to the convicts in Tasmania, and had many an instance of blessing in his work and answers to prayer on their behalf. But one marvelous answer to prayer related by Mr. Knott is so intensely interesting that I must tell my “Message” readers. A chaplain in Australia did not know his way at a four cross-road. It was night, and so knelt down and asked God to direct his path. Feeling sure he was guided, he remounted his horse, and some time after reached his home in safety. Some years later he visited a condemned convict, who said: “I remember you, sir.” “How? Did you attend my Bible classes?” “No, sir; not in my line. But do you remember the night at the four cross-roads when you knelt and prayed. I and my mate were there intending to rob and take your life if needful. We didn’t care about your prayer, but who were those two men in white that joined you and rode on each side of you as you mounted your horse?” The chaplain was astonished, but knew that God must have opened the eyes of those wicked men to see the two angels who ministered to his safety, and God is just the same now and will send His angels to protect you if needful.
Emily P. Leakey