t.

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I had been holding a class for women at an out-station, staying in the
home of the elder, Dr. Fan. The day before I was to return home, Mrs.
Fan asked me to go with her to visit a very sick boy whom the missionary
doctor had sent home from the boys' school, Wei Hwei, because of his
having tuberculosis of the lungs. Mrs. Fan told me the mother was in
great distress, and begged me to come and pray with her. I found the lad
in a truly pitiable condition. His mouth was swollen, his face a ghastly
hue, and every moment a cough racked his frame. He seemed to me quite
beyond hope, and looked as if he could not live long.

On our way home to Mrs. Fan's, the message of James 5:14, 15, kept
coming persistently to me, as if spoken by a voice: "Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over
him, . . . and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him up."

I simply could not get away from those words. On reaching Dr. Fan's
home, I sent for him, and asked if he and the other elders would be
willing to pray with me over the lad. He consented, though at first he
seemed rather dubious. There were quite a number of Christians gathered
around as we placed the boy in our midst. All knelt down, and I read the
words from James. I told them plainly that I could not say that it was
indeed the Lord's will to heal the boy; all that was clear to me was
that we must obey as far as we had light, and leave the rest in God's
hands for life or death. Several prayed, and we then dispersed.

Early the following morning I left for home. Circumstances prevented my
return to that place, and in time we moved to another field. More than
two years later, while visiting Wei Hwei, I met Mrs. Fan, who told me
that the lad had completely recovered and was then working with his
father. Still a year later I met Dr. Fan, and upon inquiring about the
lad, the doctor told me he was perfectly well, and was in business in
Wei Hwei City.

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The power of intercession is shown in the following two incidents:

In the winter of 1905 a call came for my husband to hold special
meetings in Manchuria. On reaching Liao Yang for these meetings, one of
the missionaries showed him a letter from Mr. Moffat, of Korea, which
said: "I have a thousand Christians here who have promised to pray for
Mr. Goforth, and I know their pr