Returning to England in 1854, she was confirmed in Worcester Cathedral. When the bishop laid hands on her and prayed, “Defend, O Lord, this Thy child with Thy heavenly grace, that she may continue Thine, forever, and daily increase in Thy Holy Spirit more and more, until she come into Thy everlasting kingdom,” her heart entered into the prayer. “If ever my heart followed a prayer it did then,” says she, “if ever it thrilled with earnest longing not unmixed with joy, it did at the words ‘Thine for ever