We copy the following remarkable case from the Bible Banner :—
"The case I refer to transpired in 1831 or '32, in Oakland county, Michigan. The parties were schoolmates of the writer, and he was living in the neighborhood at the time, and can vouch for the truth of the statement. The following are the facts in the case : Mr. Chester Goodrich had married a Miss Rhoda Mathews. She had made a profession of religion, but he had not. After their marriage she became cold and back-slidden. While in this state she was taken very ill. The best medical help seemed to do no good, and she became so low and weak that she could not lift her head to her head and could only speak in a whisper. Her physician gave her up, and told her sorrowing husband that he could do no more, and that she must die. This was after a council of physicians had sat on her case and pronounced it hopeless. The husband felt that there was no hope but in God, and was powerfully impressed that he must carry her case to him in prayer. Accordingly, retiring to the woods back of his house in a secluded place, he knelt, and tried to pray. It was the first time that he had ever offered a prayer. As soon as he began to plead for the life of his wife, a deep conviction of his own lost and sinful condition began to roll on to his mind, and he was led to make confession of his own sins, and his bad influence on his wife, and to plead for pardon for himself and her restoration to both spiritual and bodily health. While he was thus agonizing for divine help and mercy, a divine peace was given him with the assurance that his prayer was heard in behalf of his wife; so that his prayers and tears were turned into thanksgiving and praises; and with that feeling he returned to his house to find her dressed and sitting up in the rocking chair, healed, but weak. While he was thus praying, and at the moment of his own deliverance, a power came over her, and she suddenly sprang up in bed, clapped her hands and praised God, saying he had healed her soul and body, called to her nurse for her dress, put it on, arose and seated herself in the rocking chair, as noted above. She recovered strength rapidly and was the mother of several children. The husband passed away some years since, but she was alive and well the last I heard from her, and living with a son at Howard, Livingston county, Michigan. This is but one of a thousand of such cases occurring from time to time, and is proof conclusive that God hears and answers prayer, and that Christ is still the Great Healer of both the souls and the bodies of men.
Rev. John Scotford.
Burlingame, Kan., April 15, 1874.