Recovery from Dangerous Illness

Dr. Newman Hall was once visiting, on his dying bed, John Cranfield, son of the great originator of ragged schools under the ministry of Kowland Hill.

“We were conversing on prayer. He said, ‘A remarkable instance occurred in connection with my father. The former organist of Surry Chapel, Mr. Howard, was dangerously ill. He was greatly beloved, and his friends met for special prayer that God would spare his life. My father on that occasion was remarkably earnest in asking that the life of his friend might be lengthened, as in the case of Hezekiah. The next day he began to recover; and during fifteen years was a blessing to his friends and the church.’”