It is recorded of the excellent Archbishop Leighton, that while traveling on one occasion from Glasgow to Dunblaine, he was overtaken by a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning. As the storm came on, he was seen, while still at a considerable distance, by two men of bad character. Not having the courage openly to rob him, but wishing to hit upon some method of extorting money from him, one of them said, “I will lie down here by the wayside, as if I were dead; and you must tell the archbishop that I have been killed by the lightning, and beg money to bury me.” When Dr. Leighton arrived at the spot, the wicked fellow told him this fabricated tale. The archbishop115condoled with him and gave him money, and then proceeded on his way. But when the man returned to his companion, elated at his success, he found him really lifeless! Immediately he cried aloud, “Oh, sir, he is dead! oh, sir, he is dead!” On which the archbishop, perceiving the fraud, left the man with this serious admonition: “See, it is a dangerous thing to trifle with the judgments of God!”—Christian Herald.