A house divided against itself cannot stand. The American civil war proved that. The year is 1864 and the place is a remote corner of the ravaged south as war rages outside. Every day for 2 years, Alma Harding has prayed for the safe return of her husband Jerimiah; a farmer serving in the beleaguered army of the south. Her prayers have become more urgent since their only son Benjamin has fallen deathly ill with scarlet fever. But as Alma is about to learn, prayers are sometimes answered in unexpected ways.