you. I felt that you were in danger, and that I should ask God to keep
you safe. So I laid my work aside, went into my room and knelt down, and
stayed there until I was sure that you were quite safe.'

"Then William told her how he had felt just before he reached the lonely
forest trail, and how he had knelt down among the bushes and asked God
to protect him. After that, they often talked about this strange happening,
and wondered what it could mean.

"William worked in the bank for quite a long while, and then he went
away to college. After he had graduated, he became a minister. Soon after
this, God called away his good mother to her home in Heaven.

"One day William received a letter stamped with the postmark of a town
in a distant state. 'I am very ill,' said the writer, 'and the doctor
says I shall never recover. I must see you, as I have something very
important to tell you before I am called away to meet my God. Please
come to me as quickly as possible.' There was no name written at the end
of the letter. It was signed, 'A friend.'

"William turned the letter over and over in his hand. He knew no one in
that faraway place, and for a time he was very much puzzled. Then he did
as he had been in the habit of doing for many years--he slipped away to
spend a few moments alone with God. And a voice in his heart kept saying,
'Go; someone is in need, and your work is to minister to every soul who
asks for help.'

"'But whom shall I ask for, when I arrive?' asked William, still perplexed.
And the voice answered, 'Only go; God will take care of the rest.'