Later the parents learned the cause of the happy change. A window had been opened by a nurse, and there came through it to the accompaniment of a piano a clear baritone voice singing: “What a Friend we have in Jesus!”
“Why, that’s for me,” whispered the sufferer, as she heard the words:
“Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our refuge,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.”
Restful assurance was expressed in the closing lines:
“In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.”
Making the words her prayer, by asking Christ to take and shield her, she turned her face to the wall and the first natural sleep for weeks followed. From that hour her recovery began.