The Troy herald., 1878-07-31

There u not one Of a., however y00nR,
sayp the XoStAS V1bitor, but he may "a
some rod. Every little child can b
nesAdls xWin ten you how useful little
eah6u.eogi WaA who Wae calling On q
1aYo ehip ovee the wide eea.
u haSspenel that on the voyage The
aailoss q0asspooa with tire captain, who
was . proud and eysrbearing that none
would subnait IN. him. This gave the
captain % much trouble.. and preyed 20
much on his erlt9tA that he became very
III; - III . % b. coA1ned to his bed.
None Of the eallon cared for himj %
there he lsy vefy III, and oil alone. No
one thought oe speaking kind word %
The poor ack capeain bde Little Bob. His
Bible had taught him lssson which the
eailon knew nothing about Il had
taught him 70 b Kind 70 everybody,
even those who had used him III % 10
stole. softly to the captainS door. and
captain In very gru6 voice. sIts Lit.
tie Bob, sir; can I do anything for your
'3o 70 your work, you scoundreI, cried
the captain. in On !, angry tone. "Do''t
Little Bob stole away even moro soit.
y than he came, but his heart was not
Hlled with an angry feeling. He pitied
the captain even more than he hsd done
before.
The next day he resolved TO try again.
He saw that the poor captain was not on
ss aco ce 'sa%R s%hU =; "sns srs s:s 1"9sSsS p" %
Gan ! DO anything foryou to-lay,r asked
c,s BOB so So nS @sss 60 ky .ss sd sns
tain slisl mt anonk IN m hov,A, n voico as
he did the day before, and he nude up
his mind to try again. Nieontime the
captains heart grew warm toward the
little fellow. He thought how different
ly hs had acted from the unfeeling sail
orr, who had not once inquired for him
all the time Of his illness, and he dc.
termined, that II he came again, he
would let him in.
When Bob came next day, the cap.
tain said, "Comc in.' Bob walked in on
tiptoe, and said, very tendcrly, "Please,
make your bed, or get YOU cup of COT.
fee? III do 1t In minute" "Weli, Bob,
you may, If you like, said the captain.
Away ran Bob, and in a few minutes
everything Was ready, the coffee, and
tho hot tOast, and hc brought it on
tray to the captains bedside. Bob always
Carried with him the Bible in his pock-
ct; and az he came in the room, the cap
tain observed 1t.
"Nhat book is tl,atr' said he. 1T is
the book my mother give me-" said Bob /;
"the incest book you ever saw" Gan
you read 1t, BobT "Oh, yes. sir" said
the boy, "nnd / should like TO read Il to
you." "Aye, you may" said the captain ;
"as soon nj I have finished my coffee
YOU may begin" Bob cleared away the
coffee, and set himself down on a box
beside the captains bed, and opened on
the history Of Jesus, and read how He
went about doing good: how He pitied
the wretched, how lie he,,led the sick
and fOrgnve their sins. The captain
listened very attentively, and asked the
boy to come again the next duy.
From this time lie came every dny
and instructed the poor captain In the
knowledge of Jesus the Saviour. He
asked him many questions, and Bob
knew how to answer them-thanks to
his mother and to his Sunday-school.
One evening the captain s,id, "Leave
mo that book Of yours, Bob; should
like to look ut It myself Bob willingly
left II. The next morning he went NJ
usual, and tapped at the cabin door. No
answer came. Again lie tapped, and
louder. Still no answer. He opened
the door and walked In. The captain
WAS on his knees, and the Bible was ly-
ing open OH the chair before him. Bob
spoke; still there was no answer. He
came nearer; the captain never stirred.
He looked; the captain was dead. He
had died on his knees, praying over the
Bible. We trnst that through the In.
structions Of little Bob lie had sought
and found mercy ut tho hands of the
Saviour of sinners. Is there little boy
or little girl. now reading this, who can.
not do az much as this poor cabin.boy?
"Go and do likewise"