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He looked upon them as having been overcome by the devil . After this Halsey instituted a series of unusual meetings for prayer and revival preaching , which he held after the ordinary evening classes in the School of the Prophets , which was now removed to the upper chambers of the finished temple . Now , as at other times , his preaching was successful . His power was with men rather than with women ; they gathered in excited crowds , and their prayer and praise went up in the midnight hour . Susannah was not in the habit of going to bed till her husband returned . One night , after twelve had struck , while she sat warming the dimpled feet of her restless babe at the rosy fire-light , she was greatly astonished to hear a tapping , low but distinct , on a window that opened to the back of the house . She lifted her head as mother animals prick their ears above their young at the faint sound of any danger .