that they were sinking down to
destruction, but that if they would only hoist the signal of
distress Jesus Christ would send off the life-boat to their rescue.
Then, jumping on the seat at the back of the pulpit, I waved my
pocket-handkerchief round and round my head to represent the signal
of distress I wanted them to hoist, and closed with an appeal to
those who wanted to be rescued to come at once, and in the presence
of the audience, to the front of the auditorium. That night
twenty-four knelt at the Saviour's feet, and one of them was the
proud daughter of my Professor.

"The next morning was the time for examination and criticism of the
previous day's work, and I had to appear before this Doctor of
Divinity. I entered the room with a fellow-student. He was put
through first. After listening to the Doctor's judgment on his
performance my turn came. I was not a little curious as to what his
opinion would be.

"'Well, Doctor,' I said, 'what have you to say to me? You heard me
last night. What is your judgment on my poor performance?'

"'My dear Sir,' he answered, 'I have only one thing to say to you,
and that is, go on in the way you have begun, and God will bless
you.'

"But other difficulties were not far away, for I had hardly settled
down to my studies before I got into a red-hot Revival in a small
London church where a remarkable work was done. In an account of
this effort my name appeared in the church's Magazine, and I was
invited to conduct special efforts in other parts of the country.
This, I must confess, completely upset my plans once more, and I
have not been able to find heart or time for either Greek or Latin
from that day to this."

How sincerely this curious student longed for improvement is manifested
in the following entry in his Journal, written, I presume, on a Monday
morning when it was thought that some relaxation of his studies
following a Sunday's services would be advantageous:--

"Monday.--Visited the British Museum. Walked up and down there
praying that God would enable me to acquire knowledge to increase
my power of usefulness."

Who will doubt that that Museum prayer was heard and answered?

The Church he had joined was governed by an annual assembly, called the
Conference, at which candidates for the ministry were accepted in