And so I could only say, in my heart, "Lord, let matters stand as they are, but do not help the Frenchman any more just now, for what would suit him well would ruin me!" I remembered that when a lad I heard a captain often say in meeting that in answer to a prayer of his own the wind changed from southeast to northwest, entirely to his satisfaction.

He was a good man, but did this glorify the Architect--the Ruler of the winds and the waves?
Moreover, it was not a trade-wind, as I remember it, that changed for him, but one of the variables which will change when you ask it, if you ask long enough.

Again, this man's brother maybe was not bound the opposite way, well content with a fair wind himself, which made all the difference in the world.[H] [H] The Bishop of Melbourne (commend me to his teachings) refused to set aside a day of prayer for rain, recommending his people to husband water when the rainy season was on.

In like manner, a navigator husbands the wind, keeping a weather-gage where practicable.
On May 18,1898, is written large in the _Spray's_ log-book: "To-night, in latitude 7 degrees 13' N., for the first time in nearly three years I see the north star." The _Spray_ on the day following logged one hundred and forty-seven miles.

To this I add thirty-five miles for current sweeping her onward.