Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Plucking the Eagle's Wings

her dream that warned the president not to act on some decisions that he was secretly making. Her information was so accurate that President Eisenhower sent a group of government men from Washington to Wrens, Georgia, to investigate whether Mary was a spy or if she had escaped from that part of the world. According to Matthews, the area papers published articles about the men coming from Washington to visit Mary. When the men returned to Washington and informed the president that Mary was simply a praying woman, Mamie Eisenhower, the President's wife, sent her a bouquet of flowers and a letter complimenting her on her keen insight. Dr. and Mrs. C.E. French

ministered at the church that Mary attended. It was Dr. French who personally met Mary and related some of the marvelous incidents of this woman's life. Dr. French was shown the card from Mamie Eisenhower and a number of news articles regarding Mary's stories. When we hear marvelous stories like this, we should ask ourselves, "Where are the praying Americans who can truly hear from God? Where are the leaders who will allow praying believers to speak into their lives?" Have men become so fearful of opinion polls, intimidated by liberal lawyers, and skeptical of Christians that they build

This is an old photograph of Mary D. Rouse, the woman whose prayers and a subsequent dream stopped President Dwight Eisenhower from making a terrible mistake.

walls to prevent criticism? I would rather have ten saints of God praying for me every day, than a hundred Einsteins offering me counsel and rational reasoning. God can prophetically reveal events concerning our nation to believers who will turn their ears and hearts toward heaven. This is the only way to counteract spiritual wickedness in high places.

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