The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-11-06

LITTLE non THE CABIN BOY.


There Is not one of us, however young,
bu, he may do some good. Every little
child can Ne useful, tell you how a liz.
tie cabin hoy was useful, who was sail.
ing in n largt ship over the wide sea.
I, haprcncd, that on the voyage, the
sailors quarcllcd with the captain, who
was 50 proud aud ovcrbcariug that none
of them would submit T. hiw. This
gave the captain so much trouble aud
prcycd So much on his spirits, that hc be-
came very i'll So IN as to be confined 10
brd. None of the sailors cared for him;
so there he lay Vcry III, aud all alone -
No one thought Of speaking kind word
to the poor sick captain but little Bob.
us bible had taught him lesson
which the =, ilors knew nothing about. -
II had taught him to be Kind to every
body, even TO those who used him III 80
he stole solly 10 the capt in's door, aud
knocked. "Who is there r. asked the
captain, in very grulfvoice. It's Lit
tic Bob, sir can do anything for you,'
! Go to your work, you scoundrel," cried
the captain, In ongry tone. Don,
come plaughing me-"
Little Bob stole away even more softly
than he cane, but his heart was not I'LL
cd with any angry. fcclisg, He piticd
the captain still more than he hud done
before.
The next duy he resolved 10 try again.
lie saw that the poor captain was not on
deck, aud again he went aud knocked at
his door. "who is there I" "Captain,
can do anything Tor you to-day ! uss.
ed Little Dob. No, no go away" said
the captain. Bob wns pleased that the
Captain did not speak in 81 harsh yoic,
ms he had done the day bcftrc, aud he
made up bs mind to try again. Mean
time the Captains h, art grow warm to-
wards the kind little fellow. lie thought
how differently he acted from the unlccl-
ing s1iiurs, who had not once inquired
for him all the time ofh illness and hr
determined, he came again, he would
let him in.
/ When Bob came the mkt day, the
Captain said," come in" Bob walked in
On tiptoc,nnd said very tcndcrly, "P,coso
sir, can do anything for you Shall !
make your bed, or get you cup Of coffee
III 10 il in minute" "Wcll Bob. you
may, IL you like said the Captain
Away Bob, ran, and in few minutes
everything was ready, the coffee, the hoi
toast, aud be brought il on tray to the
Captains bedside. Bob always carried
with him the Bible in his pocket and
ns he came into the room the Captain
observed il.
What book Il that ~ said he. II
is the book my mother gave me-" said
Bob the incest book you ever saw"
" Can you read il, Bob ~ "Oh, yes,
sir" said the boy, "and should like Ia
read il to you" "Ayc, you mny," said
the captain "ns soon us have finished
my coffee, you may begin" Bob cleared
away the coffee, aud sat himself down on
a bcx by the side of the captains bed
and opened on the history ofJrsus, and
read how he ptcd the wrctched, how he
healed the sich, aud iorgnvc their SINS
The captain listened very attcntivcly
and asked the boy to come again the next
day. From this time he came every day,
aud instructed the poor captain in the
knowledge of Jesus the Savior. lie ask.
ed him many questions, and Bob knew
how to answer them; thanks to his moth
or and to his Sabbnth.school.
One evening the captain said, Leave
me that book Of yours, Bob; shorl,
like to look ut il myself" Bob willingl,
left it. The next morning he went III
usual and tapped at the cabin door. NJ
answer came. Agulh nc thpptd, nht
louder. Still 70 answer. lie opcnc,
the door and walked in. The captain
was on his knees, md tho Bible wns ~
ing open upon the chair before him. Dol
spoke still no answer. lie came near,
err; the captain never stirred. lie look
ed /; the captain was dead lie had di-
ed on his knees, praying over the BiI,e.
We trust that through the instructions OF
Little Bob he had sought and found mor-
cy at the hands of the Savior of sinners.
Is there a little boy or little girl now
reading this, who is us poor as III cabin
boy or young as the cabin boy $50
and do lik.wisc."-Youih's Visitor.