to come first. Some came for themselves, others on behalf of friends. “Two or three board members assisted me with the laying on of hands. After everyone received both prayer and the sacrament, they were dismissed, and the rest came to the altar.” Some Sundays, up to a fourth of the congregation responded to the first call, and results were occasionally dramatic. The church’s song conductor came requesting prayer for his 10-year-old niece, who had entered the hospital and had been diagnosed to have