Then as Mr.and Mrs.Strong sat there in the gathering gloom the old man said suddenly, "Let us pray together about it." He kneeled down and offered the most remarkable prayer that they had ever heard.

It seemed to them that, however the old man's mind might be affected, the part of him that touched God in the communion of audible prayer was absolutely free from any weakness or disease.

It was a prayer that laid its healing balm on the soul of Philip and soothed his trouble into peace.

When the old man finished, Philip felt almost cheerful again.

He went out and helped his wife a few minutes in some work about the kitchen.