over the mill water, over
which I have often traversed; but the battle has not been fought as yet,
and perhaps never will be.

"The Rev. Mr. Boes, a minister of Campbeltown, more than a century ago,
was said to have the second sight. One time being at the Assembly, and
coming home on Saturday to preach to his congregation, he was overtaken
by a storm, which drove the packet into Rothesay. He went to preach in
the church on the Sabbath. The rafters of the church above not being
lathed, in the middle of his sermon he looked up, and with a loud voice
cried, 'Ye're there, Satan; ye kept me from preaching to my own
congregation, but ye cannot keep me from preaching for all that,' and
then went on with his sermon. At another time, his congregation having
assembled on the Sabbath as usual, the minister was walking rapidly on
the grass after the time of meeting, the elders not being willing to
disturb him by telling him the time was expired. At last he clapped his
hands, exclaiming, 'Well done, John;' the Duke of Argyle being at that
moment at the head of the British army in Flanders fighting a battle in
which he was victorious. The minister, by the power of the second sight,
witnessed the battle, and exclaimed, when he saw it won, 'Well done,
John.' He went afterwards and preached to his congregation.

"Another Sabbath, when preaching, a member of the congregation having
fallen asleep, he cried to him 'Awake.' In a short time the man fell
asleep again. The minister bade him awake again and hear the sermon.
The man fell asleep the third time, when the minister cried, with a loud
voice, 'Awake, and hear this sermon, for it will be the last you will
ever hear in this life.' Before the next Sabbath the man was dead. On
the morning of a Communion Sabbath, Mr. Boes got up very early, convinced
that something was wrong about the church. He examined it, and found
that the beams of the gallery were almost sawn through by the emissaries
of Satan, in order that the congregation, by the falling of the gallery,
might be killed. He got carpenters and smiths employed till they put the
church in a safe state, and proceeded with the solemn service of the day
with great earnestness. Mr. Boes was sometimes severely tried with
temptations, having imaginary combats with Satan, and, being very
ill-natured, he would not allow any person to come near him. On one of
these occasions he shut himself up in his room for three days. His wif