The writer and a lady friend placing the tips of their fingers lightly on the board, the following words were traced on the paper upon which it was placed:
"Have you courage for the future?"
"Will you not faint by the roadside?"
"You will be beset by foes within and without."
"Lions in your pathway."
"Hope and trust—trust—trust."
On being asked to whom this applied, it answered:
"The heart that needs it will understand."
A question was then put by a bystander; but instead of answering, it went on as though continuing the former train of thought:
"Hope and trust. You will have trials you know not of." And again, "Hope and trust."