Missionary pair's prayer for food and shelter answered

“I was stopping at a hotel in Denver, Colorado, and two 'Mormon' missionaries were also stopping there. I had heard a great deal about the 'Mormons,' and had been told that they were a very bad class of people, and that their missionaries were impostors. I was, therefore, very much prejudiced against them. I saw these two young men, and I made up my mind that I would watch them, and if I could catch them in any wrong-doing, I would expose them. They were traveling without purse or scrip, and had no money to pay for their board or lodging. They asked the proprietor of the hotel for a bed and some food, and he, being a kind-hearted man, gave them a room and some supper. As I was passing the door of their room that evening, I heard one of the missionaries talking, as I supposed, to his companion. My curiosity was aroused. I supposed he was rehearsing the way in which they had fooled the proprietor of the hotel. I stopped to listen. But, to my surprise, they were down on their knees, praying. These are something like the words I heard: 'Lord, we thank Thee for softening the gentleman's heart and causing him to have compassion on us. You knew, Lord, that we have no money; that we were tired and hungry, and Thou hast supplied our needs. We thank Thee for our supper and for this good bed upon which we can rest our wearied bodies. We pray Thee to bless the proprietor of this hotel for his kindness to us, Thy servants.' I stood there for some time, and I could not help but shed tears. I felt that I had been very wicked in my judgment of these men. I knew that they were sincere, and that they were servants of God, for no one but a servant of God would pray like that. I have since learned more of the 'Mormon' faith, and I am now a member of the Church.”

— A tourist, as reported in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star