“There was also at that time an immediate and radical change in the action of the kidneys, which had become a source of great trouble before.  Moreover the knee which had been partially stiff for so many years was made entirely well.  In fine, her body, which had been so full of pain, became at once free from pain, and full of health.

“The week after she was healed she went fifty miles to attend a camp-meeting, riding five miles in a carriage, the rest by cars.  A near neighbor said, ‘She will come back worse than ever.’  Though the weather was especially bad, she came back better than when she went.”

These are but few out of many expressions respecting her extraordinary recovery, which fully satisfy the believing Christian that the Great Physician is with us now, “healing the lame,” and curing the sick.  It is faith only, unyielding, which the Lord requires ere he gives his richest blessing.

The unbelieving one simply sees in it “something strange,” which he can not understand, but the faith-keeping Christian knows it is the sign of his Precious Lord, in whom he trusts and abides forever.

DR. NEWMAN HALL’S TESTIMONIES TO THE VALUE OF PRAYER.

Dr. Newman Hall, of London, in his wide experience has met with many incidents of answered prayer, and thus relates several: 

A PRAYER FOR THIRTY POUNDS.

“On a recent evangelizing visit to Newport, one of its citizens said to me, ’In yonder house dwell a man and wife, who recently needed a sum of L30 to meet some payment the next morning.  Having failed in their efforts to collect it, they earnestly prayed God to provide it.  The store was being closed for the night when a sea-captain knocked at the door and asked for some seamen’s clothes.  The gas was relighted, and various articles were selected; the purchaser then asked for the account, and the money was paid—­a little more than L30.  The man and his wife thanked their Heavenly Father for sending it in this way in answer to prayer.’”

RECOVERY FROM DANGEROUS ILLNESS.

Dr. Newman Hall was once visiting, on his dying bed, John Cranfield, son of the great originator of ragged schools, under the ministry of Rowland Hill.

“We were conversing on prayer.  He said, ’A remarkable instance occurred in connection with my father.  The former organist of Surry Chapel, Mr. Howard, was dangerously ill.  He was greatly beloved, and his friends met for special prayer that God would spare his life.  My father on that occasion was remarkably earnest in asking that the life of his friend might be lengthened, as in the case of Hezekiah.  The next day he began to recover; and during fifteen years was a blessing to his friends and the church.’”

A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER IN DISTRESS.