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The Power of Prayer (I) (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Power of Prayer (I) (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Andrew Morgan, a self-made capitalist, is money mad. His friend, the Rev. Dr. Scott, vainly tries to convert him. The clergyman induces Morgan to attend a lawn festival, and there Morgan meets Madeline Wilson. Learning that Morgan is an ...See moreAndrew Morgan, a self-made capitalist, is money mad. His friend, the Rev. Dr. Scott, vainly tries to convert him. The clergyman induces Morgan to attend a lawn festival, and there Morgan meets Madeline Wilson. Learning that Morgan is an atheist, Madeline refuses him. He thereupon sets out to ruin her father, and when Wilson appeals to him for help, Morgan replies that only as a son-in-law will he lend his assistance. To save her father, Madeline marries Morgan. Morgan scoffs at his wife's belief in God. The union is blessed with a son. The mother dies, and Morgan plans to make the boy a financier. He orders the governess away when he finds her teaching little Andy his prayers. The clergyman, Scott, remonstrates, but to no avail. And then little Andy becomes ill. When Morgan rushes home frantically with Scott after receiving a message from the governess, the family doctor tells him that there is little hope. Morgan telegraphs for the best specialist in the country. The specialist arrives. Morgan, unable to bear witnessing the child's suffering, remains in the next room with Scott. After a while, the clergyman goes to find out how the child is. Scott tells him that the child is dying, that money has failed, and there is but one hope left, "On your knees and pray to God." Morgan sinks to the floor, and a prayer comes from his lips. As if in answer, an old chemist comes up to the house. It develops that the old chemist has discovered a new remedy for the child's illness, and although the specialist is skeptical, it is tried, and proves successful. All this time Morgan has been on his knees in the next room, and when Scott enters and tells him that his prayer has been answered, Morgan slowly takes the cross that hangs from the clergyman's neck and presses it to his lips. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Lee Shumway Andrew Morgan (as Leon C. Shumway) Andrew Morgan (as Leon C. Shumway) See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
Velma Whitman Madeline Wilson Madeline Wilson See fewer	Some Boy (1917)
George Routh Actor Actor See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Melvin Mayo Actor Actor See fewer	The Death Warrant (1914)
R. Henry Grey Actor Actor See fewer	Twin Kiddies (1917)
Lyle Phelps The Child The Child See fewer	The Power of Prayer (I) (1915)