As the _Lucania_ was in mid-Atlantic a young man came to
the purser and asked him to lend him £10, as he was without
money, and every hour was bringing him nearer to London. The
purser said he had made a rule not to lend money and suggested
that the young man should borrow from some friend on board.
“But I have no friend. The only person who would give me £10
is my mother, and she left London for New York the same day as
we sailed from New York.” The purser thought for a moment, and
then he said, “We may get into speaking touch with the vessel
on which your mother is, and then you could ask her to lend you
the money by wireless telegraphy.” The next night the young man
was roused from sleep with the news that the _Lucania_
was in communication with the boat on which his mother was a
passenger. She readily handed £10 to the purser on her ship, and
he authorized the purser on the _Lucania_ to give the young
man this sum. The vessels were many miles apart in the darkness
of the night, and yet the need on the one ship was met by the
love on the other. What a light that throws on the force of
prayer! “Ask and ye shall receive.” (Text.)
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