mind! The greatest proof of the Divine source of the book is that
it fits the soul as well as a Chubb's key fits the lock it was made
for.... Now I am off to the street with my tent.'

'Mongolia: July 28, 1890.

'My dear Meech,--Dr. Smith came here July 2. The rains set in
immediately on his arrival, and we _have_ had it since. The
spiritual rain has not come yet, nor are there any signs of it.
When it does come may it come like the physical rain! Glad to see
you have been having some. May you have much more! Make the valley
full of ditches, brother, and then look out for the flood. Do you
think we'll be able to go up to Him at last and say, "We did our
part, but you did not do yours, Lord"? Eh, man! Elijah called down
fire with a short prayer, but his servant made six vain journeys to
the summit only to return with the discouraging news--nothing. May
the good Lord, who knows our frame and remembers we are dust, give
us a little now and again, at any rate, if only to keep us going
meantime! Eh, man! there will be no lack on His part. He'll shine
up all right, not only to perform, but to succour His servants who
trust in Him.'

'July 28, 1890.

'My dear Owen,--I know worry should be an unknown element in a
believer's experience. I am eager to have done with it. I thank Him
for much of its absence. But dissatisfaction with the present state
of things is not worry, but legitimate soul-longing, and the death
of that would be a bad thing.

'I can hardly tell how I am; Since Dr. Smith came I have taken
little note of inward things or outward either. It is very pleasant
to have him here, and as the best sign of digestion is not to know
one has a stomach or a digestion, is the best sign of spiritual
health not to know one has a soul at all? I wonder is this so? His
presence has made a difference. Duty has kept me living quietly in
good lodgings, with only such work as I can easily do without any
over-rush, and the prospect of another month like it! I fear I am
not such company to him as he is to me.

'We have had terrible rains; the rivers were not crossed for five
or six days, and, even after that, two men were swept away on two
separate days--four men,