“A young lady of my acquaintance, of a finished education, lost her reason in the Winter of 1871-2, and in August, 1872, was placed in the institution for the insane, at Mt.  Pleasant, Ia.  No encouragement was given of her recovery, and a year later, when her father visited her, in June, 1873, she appeared so badly, that he said it would be a relief to know that she was dead.  Soon after, Mrs. H., the wife of a Baptist minister, who had long known and loved her, being shut up for days in a dark room, because of inflamed eyes, felt drawn out in special prayer in her behalf, and finally sent for the father and told him of her exercises, and of the assurance gained that his daughter would be fully restored.

“In a few days, came news of a sudden change for the better, and in a little over two months she returned home well, and is now teaching with all her powers in full vigor.

“The acting superintendent of the hospital, who is not a professed Christian, and who knew nothing of the prayers referred to, said that when the change occurred there was not a case among the five hundred inmates of which he had less hope, and that it was the most remarkable case of recovery which he had known during the eight years of his connection with the hospital.”

SEEKING DIRECTION IN BUSINESS.

A lady clerk employed in an apparently successful business was offered an opportunity in a new business, which, though much smaller and less successful than the first, yet had rich promise in it for the future.  The salary promised was the same in either case.  In doubt, she often waited upon the Lord, and asked to be guided,—­a whisper in her heart kept saying, “Go,” “Go.”  Constant praying kept it growing stronger and stronger,—­at last she decided to go, feeling it was the decision of the Lord.  She accepted the new position, was pleased, and often declared she never desired to return.  The old business in less than three years decreased so that half of the employees were discharged; the rest had their salaries reduced.  The new business doubled in its extent, and her salary was increased one-fifth.

SEEKING GUIDANCE OF THE LORD.

A school teacher, without family or a special home, in New York City, asked the Lord for direction in finding a home, and prayed often that the way might be made so plain, she might acknowledge His hand, and understand His direction.

Soon it transpired, in taking lunch at a restaurant kept by a man and his wife, that they advised her to choose a certain family hotel.  She did so, and found in time more friends and acquaintances, and a pleasanter home than she ever possessed before.

She also gained new scholars to her school.  Sufficient to pay for her living.

Was she not fully answered? “They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.”