The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-16
TELEGRAPHY THROUGH LOVE.

Striking Experiences of Sympathetic Knowledge Recorded by Ian Maciaren.
 During the course of my ministry and especially of recent years, I have been moved to certain actions for which there seemed no reason, and which I only performed under the in- f1uence of a sudden impulse. As often as I yielded to this inward guidance, and before the issue was determined, my mind had a sense of relief and satisfaction; and in all distinct and | important cases my course was in the end most fully justified.
 l It was my privilege, before l came 1 to Sefton Park Church, to serve as colleague with a. venerable minister to whom I was sincerely attached and who showed me much kindness. We 1 both felt the separation keenly, and 1 kept up a constant correspondence, while this good and affectionate man i followed my work with spiritual in 1 terest and constant prayer. When news came one day that he was dangerously | i'll, it was natural that his friend should be gravely concerned, and as the days | of anxiety grew, that the matter should take firm hold of the mind. It ] was a. great relief to learn, toward the end of a week, that the sickness had abated; and when on Sunday morning, l a letter came with strong and final as surance of recovery, the strain was quite relaxed, and I did my duty at | morning service with light heart. During the afternoon my satisfaction | began to fail, and I grew uneasy till, l by evening service, the letter of the morning counted for nothing. After re- | turning home my mind was torn with anxiety and became most miserab | fearing that this good man was still in danger and, it might be, near unto Fdeath. Gradually the conviction deep ened and took hold of me that he was dying, and that I would never see him again; till at last it was laid on me that i if 1 hoped to receive his blessing I must make haste, and by that I had better go at once. It did not seem as ! if I had now any choice, and l certain ly had no longer any doubt; so, having written to break two engagements for Monday, left at midnight for Glasgow On arrival I drove rapidly to the well known house and was in no way astonished that the servant who opened the door should be weeping bitterly, for the fact that word had come from that very house that all was going well did not now weigh one grain against my own inward knowledge.
 He had relapse yesterday after noon, and he is-dying now" No one in the room seemed surprised that should have come, although they had not sent for me, and l held my rev erend fathers hand till he fell asleep in about twenty minutes. He was be-
 yond speech when I came, but, as we
 believed, recognized me and was con
 tent. My nights journey was pious
 act, for which I thanked God and my
 absolute conviction is that I was guided
 to its performance by spiritual in-
 fiuence.
 Some years ago I was at work one
 forenoon in my study, and was very
 busy, when my mind became distracted
 and I could not think out my sermon
 Some short time before brother mini
 ster, whom l knew and greatly re-
 spected, had suffered from dissension
 in his congregation, and had received
 our sincere sympathy. He had not
 however, been in my mind that day
 but now I found myself unable to think
 of anything else. My imagina tion be-
 gan to work in the case till I seemed
 in the midst of the circumstances as
 if l were the sufferer. Very soon a sug-
 gestion arose, and grew into com-