Prayer Answered

A YOUNG man, who had been recently converted, and was living very happily with his wife and two little children, went into the country, some four years ago, for a short holiday. He left home to all appearance in full enjoyment of bodily and mental health; only three days later, without any known predisposing cause, the balance of reason was suddenly overthrown.
As months rolled by he became worse and worse, and the doctors shook their heads and pronounced him a hopeless case. “It is paralysis of the brain,” they said, “and the only relief he will ever have will be when laid beneath the sod.”
Calling in one evening to cheer the wife’s sad heart with a word of sympathy, I found it was the anniversary of the very day on which her husband had been removed to an asylum. Her last penny was gone. “A year has passed,” she said, “and what I am to do now, I don’t know.” The blessing of Benjamin was laid upon me, as the comforting message from our God to His tried child, and I said, “The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and He shall dwell between his shoulders.” But her faith seemed almost to fail. After commending her to God in prayer, we parted.
That very night, by the last post, came a letter, informing her that if she would call at the asylum at such a time her husband would be restored to her, sound in body and in mind! His recovery had been as strange and rapid as his attack, and the doctors were at a loss to account for it.
Here is the secret―a few of his godly friends, poor men like himself, and unable to help him in any other way, had met, knowing the straits of the wife and little ones, to beseech his restoration. Strong in faith, they threw themselves fully upon the promises of God, and He heard their cry.
Our friend has been for the last four years in constant work, strong in body, clear in mind, and rejoicing with all his house in his God, so present to help in time of need.