no money.' Mr. R. looked at him with surprise, and at length said, 'I see how it is-God has sent me to help you.' He immediately left the room, and soon returned with forty dollars in gold. "Stilling says he then felt like Daniel in the lion's den, when Habakkuk brought him his food. He threw himself on the floor and thanked God with tears. He then went to the College and paid his fee as well as the best. His whole college life was one series of just such circumstances. He was often in want of money, but he never asked man for it; for he had no man to ask; he asked God for it, and it always came when he needed it. Was he authorized to enter on a course of study with such prospects, and such expectations? The leadings of Providence were such that he had not a shadow of doubt that it was his duty to enter on this course of study; he prayed fervently for divine guidance, and felt that he had it; he availed himself of all the lawful means in his reach for the supply of his own wants; and when he had no means of his own, he asked help of God, and never failed to receive what he asked for. He became one of the most useful physicians, and one of the greatest benefactors to the poor that the world has ever seen. He restored sight during his life to nearly five thousand blind people, most of whom were very poor, and unable to render him any pecuniary reward. What stronger proof can we have that God was his guide!"

Bishop Asbury relates a circumstance which occurred at Lynn, Mass., at a conference held there in 1800. "There had been," he says, "a long drought here, and nature seemed as if she were about to droop and die. We addressed the throne of grace most fervently and solemnly, and had showers of blessings. While I was preaching the wind came up and seemed to whirl round to every point, and a most gracious rain came on." This is considered as a most signal instance of divine goodness.

At a prayer meeting in Halifax, Dr. Parker gave an account of the rescue, some years ago, of the Loch Earn's crew, and the Ville du Havre survivors by the British Queen. He said that the Loch Earn's crew, knowing that their vessel must sink, had almost given up hope, but were cheered by the prayers and predictions of a clergyman on board, who assured them that relief would come.

After they had been taken on board the British Queen, the captain of that vessel told them that he had had a most unaccountable feeling that there was something for him to do; that three times during the night he changed the course of the vessel, bearing northward; that he told the watch to keep a sharp lookout for a ship, and as soon as he saw the Loch Earn he bore down upon her. The British Queen was a Nova Scotia vessel. How can such an incident be explained save by the fact that God does impress the human mind at times, in answer to the prayer of faith. This is not changing a natural law, but working in accordance with the laws of the mind.

Bishop Thomas Bowman, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, testifies that he was present at a conference in Mt. Vernon, when Bishop Janes received a dispatch stating that Bishop Simpson was dying in Pittsburg, and asked that the conference unite in prayer that his life might be saved. Bishop Bowman says: "We knelt down, and Mr. Taylor, the great street preacher, of California, led in one of his beautiful prayers. After the first few sentences, in which I joined with my whole heart, my mind seemed to be at ease, and I did not pay much attention to the rest of the prayer, only to notice its beauty. When we arose from our knees, I turned to a brother and said, 'Bishop Simpson will not die, I feel it.' I then told him how the feeling had come over me, and he assured me that he had experienced the same impression. The word was passed around, and over thirty ministers who were present said that they had the same feeling. I took my book and made a note of the hour and circumstance. Several months afterward, I met Bishop Simpson and asked him what he did to recover his health. He answered that he did not know, but that the physician had said it was a miracle. He said that one afternoon, when at the point of death, the doctor left him, saying that he should be left alone for half an hour. At the end of that time the doctor returned, and immediately noticed a great change in the patient. He was startled, and asked the family what they had done for the bishop, and they replied nothing at all. That half hour I found, by making allowances for difference in localities, was just the time when we were praying for him at Mt. Vernon. From that time on he