Karl G. Maeser's Prayer for the Wayward Student

“In the middle of the night Brother Maeser awoke from bis slumber. His thoughts at once turned to the wayward young man whom no one had been able to control and who was going to be expelled from the college that day. He thought of the poor widow and of her pleadings with him to try and save her boy. Arising from his bed, he knelt down and laid the matter before the Lord. This was the substance of his prayer: "Dear Father, there is a young man in our school that we are unable to handle. We have tried our best and have failed. If there be any way by which we can save him, for the Savior's sake make it known unto us, and we will give to Thee the praise, the honor and the glory." ... About ten o'clock the next morning, as Brother Maeser sat in his office, a knock was heard at his door. "Come in," he called, and the "black sheep" entered. ... "With choking voice the young man said, "You are not going to turn me out to-day, Brother Maeser, are you? Won't you give me one more chance?" Jumping to his feet and stretching out his arms to the wayward youth the loving teacher exclaimed: "Come to my arms, my boy; God bless you, I will give you, not one chance, but a thousand chances!" And the master and pupil fell on each other's necks and wept. — Millennial Star 70:29”