THIRTEENTH HOUR DELIVERANCE
Over two centuries ago, a wealthy landowner, Sir Roger Boulter, visited the traveling fair at Colchester. As he went round the stalls and sideshows, he suddenly heard the market-square clock begin to chime. Like a child, he counted, but he could not believe his ears. The clock chimed thirteen! He thought he had miscounted until a small dark fellow standing next to him turned and verified the happening by saying, “The clock struck thirteen.” That night Sir Roger recorded the incident in his diary. Two months later, Sir Roger woke up and sensed a compelling inward voice that said, “Go to York.” He was not a man given to such voices, but the next day he saddled his horse and set off to York. When he arrived he discovered a large crowd gathered outside the courthouse. On hearing that it was the last day of a murder trial, he entered the courthouse and sat in the public gallery, from where he…
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