In Melbourne, influenza raged in the home where he was billetted, and seized upon one of the Officers travelling with him.

And yet he escaped, and could resume his journey undelayed.

In South Africa, when he was seventy-nine, another of his companions in travel was separated from him for days by severe illness; but The General, in spite of a milder attack of the same sort, was able to fulfil every appointment made for him.
Best of all, however, was the peculiarly blessed inward experience which he enjoyed amidst all the outward rush of the Australian tour.

It has been so often suggested by truly excellent men that the soul cannot enjoy all the fulness of fellowship with God without a great deal of retirement from men, that we should like to have The General's inner life fairly exhibited, if it were only in order for ever to bury this monstrous and, we might also say blasphemous, superstition, which has so often been supported by one or two quotations from the Gospel, though in defiance of the whole story of Christ, and of every promise He ever made.
Of what value could a Saviour be who drew back from helping His own messengers upon the ridiculous pretence that they were too busy doing His bidding, and did not spend enough time "seeking Him for themselves"?
"Just a P.S.to say that God is wonderfully with me.

I don't think that I ever in the midst of a great Revival had a more powerful time than last night.