Here her eldest daughter was taken very ill, and her life despaired of, in fact it seemed impossible for her to get better. The mother of the Prophet, Mrs. Lucy Smith, came and blessed the child, and said she should live. This was something new in that age, for a woman to administer to the sick, but the Lord blessed the administration and manifested his power in behalf of the child, and she speedily recovered. It was about this time that the excitement in Missouri raged, and the persecution was at its height. Mrs. Horne was left much alone nights as well as days, with her little ones, her husband being detained on guard; she knew not at what moment the mob would break in and destroy them all. But in all these trying scenes, she never faltered, or feared, but trusted in God for deliverance.