Recovery From Insanity.


A most remarkable case of recovery from insanity is given by President

William M. Brooks, of Tabor College, Iowa.



"A young lady of my acquaintance, of a finished education, lost her

reason in the Winter of 1871-2, and in August, 1872, was placed in the

institution for the insane, at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. No encouragement was

given of her recovery, and a year later, when her father visited her, in

June, 1873,
he appeared so badly, that he said it would be a relief to

know that she was dead. Soon after, Mrs. H., the wife of a Baptist

minister, who had long known and loved her, being shut up for days in a

dark room, because of inflamed eyes, felt drawn out in special prayer in

her behalf, and finally sent for the father and told him of her

exercises, and of the assurance gained that his daughter would be fully

restored.



"In a few days, came news of a sudden change for the better, and in a

little over two months she returned home well, and is now teaching with

all her powers in full vigor.



"The acting superintendent of the hospital, who is not a professed

Christian, and who knew nothing of the prayers referred to, said that

when the change occurred there was not a case among the five hundred

inmates of which he had less hope, and that it was the most remarkable

case of recovery which he had known during the eight years of his

connection with the hospital."



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