Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. DIVINE PROTECTION. Divine Protection—Governor of Tasmania—Widow Vance—The tray of oysters—Richard Cradock's granddaughter—James Dickinson's preservation—Preservation from robbers—Saved from a burning vessel—Saved from lions—C. H. Spurgeon—Deacon Pollard — Richard Gush—Adam Clark—Richard Cecil—The bankrupt merchant—The farmer in trouble—The missionary as peace agent—Joseph Wiley—-Robert Turnbull—Stephen Grellet —Preserved from hostile Indians—Bag of meal—The gift of four friends—John Roberts—Refusing to sell corn to distillers —Richard Davies—A remarkable awakening—Man in wardrobe —Henrique Buche—Anthony Hunt. There are many illustrations of the truth that the Lord does watch over and help his children. When James Backhouse and George W. Walker Were in Tasmania, in 1832, they paid a visit to the Governor of the colony, who related to them a providential deliverance from death at the hands of an escaped convict, who, with others, had formed a band of outlaws, which, for a time, was a terror to the colony. The narrative states: When this gang were captured and were lying in gaol, prior to undergoing the last sentence of the law, some disclosures were made, which reached the Governor's ears, and induced him to question one of the party in a matter that related to his own life. The man to whom he addressed himself, and whose name wasBird, was next in command to Brady, and only second to him in enterprise and ability; and he readily acknowledged that the life of the Governor had been attempted, and told him that on one occasion he was himself near being the perpetrator of the deed. The Governor informed us that it was a period he had good reason to remember, as the whole town was thrown into a state of excitement, from the knowledge that Brady's party were e... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.