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asked him how this could be so in his case.
“T have no doubt that God will make it
plain,” was his reply. And it was so; for
whilst detained there, news came of Mary’s
death, and the minister’s prosecution was
abandoned. A Scotch minister from the
north was on his way to Edinburgh by the
Firth of Forth. At Kinghorn he met with
an accident which, greatly to his annoyance,
compelled him to remain there instead of
crossing in the ordinary smack. Shortly
after the vessel left, a violent storm came
on, and all on board were lost. The minister
had indeed cause for thanksgiving for his
deliverance, and might truly have ascribed
praise to God, who
‘“* Keeps with most distinguished care
The man who on His love depends ;

Watches every numbered hair,
And all his steps attends.”

I must now say a word as to the way to
obtain “the true riches.” The true riches
can only be obtained by having “the love of
God shed abroad in the heart by the Holy
Spirit given unto us.” Without this we are
poor, have what we may besides; and with