On Prince Ediuard Island her feet and gives vent to the feelings by violent motions or by words, or by both, either calling*for mercy or giving utterance to feelings of praise and gratitude for mercies received. The motions made, it is worthy of remark, are always either backwards or forwards with the head to and from the speaker, or up and down, on the feet, but never, so far as we noticed, from side to side. We have seen as many as thirty or forty at a communion table, all at once leaping up and clapping their hands, crying out, "Glory, glory be to God on high," and at such times have felt that there was, in these operations, a man¬ ifestation of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Though both Minister McDonald and his people believed these outward manifestations to be the work of the Holy Spirit, they did not believe that all who passed through this outward experience were truly converted, just as we do not believe all who are convicted are born again; nor did they believe that these outward manifestations were essential to salvation; indeed, some of their best men never had what they call "the works." These bod¬ ily exercises were, even to Mr. McDonald , a mys¬ tery. Of course he believed them to be a manifesta¬ tion of the Spirit's power, but the philosophy of the operation was then, at least, wrapped in mystery. It is not wonderful that he should have been per¬ plexed by these physical phenomena, as at that time even less was known than now about this abstruse subject. Not a few who went to Mr. McDonald 's meetings to see "the works" or to turn them into 159