Christ. Howells spent decades in fasting and prayer for the women of India, for whom he felt a special burden.12 Mrs. Sanford came to understand that this classical form of travail prayer was dangerous, as it could lead to serious confusion, and in later years discouraged it. She considered it imperative that this prayer not be done on a non-Christian, whose spirit may contain occult or idolatrous elements. More importantly, she discovered that although this travail prayer is powerful and possible,