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Strange Experiences Related.

By Bishop Bowman.

Phenomena which are Unexplained by Physical Laws.

"When voyaging on the Red Sea I made it a practice to pray every night and morning for my wife, from whom I was absent, and who at the time was an invalid. One evening I knelt down as usual and tried to pray for her, but found I could not do it. This worried me very much, but I attributed my incapacity to pray for her to nervousness, as I had preached a sermon to the passengers on board that afternoon. On the following morning I again tried to pray for Mrs Bowman, experiencing the same difficulty that prevented me from accomplishing my purpose on the evening previous. I wondered what had happened. Was I losing my senses? At length the thought occurred to me : 'Your wife may be dead.' But this I considered improbable, as I had received a letter a few days before, stating that she was much better than she had been for a long time. However I was anxious to reach a point where I could expect to receive additional tidings relative to her condition. Finally, on my arrival at Rome, I found a letter awaiting me conveying the news that Mrs Bowman was dead and buried. She had died on the same evening that I found myself unable to pray for her while voyaging over the Red Sea. This experience I was never able to account for, yet I shall never forget it.

"About the same time my daughter had another extraordinary experience, but it was not similar to mine.

"When in Pans she would shut her eyes and could then see her mother's face distinctly. On the evening of her mother's death she attempted to do this, and was so terrified at not seeing the face as usual that she ran out of the room into another apartment. She felt that something had happened, but her friends told her that her fears were all imaginary. Subsequently she received news that her mother had died about the same time she found it impossible to see her face with her eyes closed.—St. Louis Republican.

I believe we are much nearer the spirit-spheres than many think, and our departed friends under certain conditions can exert an influence over our minds.—Torpedo.