4:12
The fact revealed to Edwin while working among the stones in the field of grass that God had made a provision whereby man could be able in this life to understand upon which road he was traveling toward eternity had never left him , and although he had not as yet discovered anything at all about God 's great plan of salvation , he was still certain that as soon as he was converted he would discover all the things he was longing to know . At that moment it seemed to Edwin that the only way to unravel Frank 's definition of prayer and what it meant to be converted was to use some words from a real prayer until he could form a prayer of his own , and for this reason he had selected the three little words . God , as a `` discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart '' -LRB- Heb . 4:12 -RRB- , saw the sincerity of Edwin 's purpose , and the little unintelligible words reached his throne as though they had been an eloquent prayer , and the more he prayed the more desperately in earnest did he become . Suddenly Edwin felt that his prayer must have taken hold on God , for a burden new and strange and different from anything that he had ever experienced semed to settle down upon him , and as it grew heavier and heavier , he felt that he was being crushed to the earth . Then a feeling of unworthiness that even the earth should hold him up and keep him from instant destruction in hell until God in his mercy would deliver him swept over him , and in his desperate condition he cried out until his voice was heard all over the camp-ground , and the people in crowds came to discover , if possible , what was taking place in Meyer 's tent . Then a strange and wonderful thing occurred .