Show AN AM PRAYER august Is ia one of the beat known swedish authors now jiving he belongs to a modern school skin akin to that of which emile zola is a french representative Strind borg lik alk Bjorna bjornson Bjor naon was in his hie youth an enthusiastic believer but gradually his faith wilted and drooped and he be became a prominent infidel in a recent number of magazin fuer Littera litterateur tur however he tells a simple story of hla his experience a short abort time sigo in the night be was waa awakened by a heartrending cry from his big wife our little girl Is ia dying 11 hurried to hla his daughtery daugh tera side aide and found her in iii violent convulsion doctors were at once summoned but the child seemed to grow worse wone the wile wife then turned to her husband in her agony and asked him to pray but be who had been looking upon prayer as aa something immoral because the supplicant asks aska for a change in what is supposed to be the natural order of things at first refused sull urged or on and the child apparent ly nearing the valley of the shadow of death the infidel ut his bia entire philosophy aside kneeled down and supply boated the almighty for heli belr soon boon he be says the convulsions ceased rau the little sufferer slept next morn ing the child was waa as well as ever does not attempt to explain this abia phenomenon his philosophy la jo not equal to that oat but admits ad baite that after the wonderful result of this prayer he may pray again it has been noticed lately that bat other infidels are coming out of the ranks shu ano it la Is hoped that bjornson BJor naon himself bi formerly an ardent admirer of inger oil will ioe be one of them no ko wonder tor for there is in infidelity absolutely nothing from which any man or woman with head bond and heart can draw inspiration or consolation oon |