Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-07-05


hsfore me was jim going down in
nat sinking ship, with the quiet
sm;le of peace had seen on ms
face waking or sleeping, it was De-
fore me. At first | thought more OF
linn than of tile Lord, and when the
men wanted me to 90 back to my
lid WAYS and to drink, | said out
rigbt 10 them. i could not do 1t
maies Jim died that | might get
another chance Of going to heaven.
know cannot get there that way,
and / vowed poor old Jim should
NOT die for nothing So when the
men saw I meant it,they left of ask
inp me. and so / got left to myself
Then | thought I would get q Bible,
because / had seen jim reading IT.,
and he loved it so, and before | be-
can to read it l just said bit OF a
PRAYER was very ignorant. and 1
told the Lord so, and that | did not
know the way to get to heaven and
meet Jim, and | asked Him to show
me the way
"And He did ~
GAY, ay, ma'am, that He did. /
did not know where to begin to read
in the Bible, so thought | wodld
lust begin the New Testament and
read straight on till / found out how
was to be saved. But oil | hal
an awful time of it at first. When /
came to the 9th and sixth and sew
enth chapters, every line seemed 30
condem me, and | SAID to myself, IL
is no use. Tom: there is no chance
for YOU. You have been too bad.
and | shut up the book Then Jim s
\ list words came over me again
Meet me in heaven, man. 50 l
thought jim must have thought there
was a chance for me, and he knew
about God and his Bible, and my
| life too So | opened itagain, and
read on. and on, and on. was al
WAYS at it whenever | could get a
few minutes.
cat last, / came to the part about
the Two thieves, and the Lord saving
the one, and | thought, Here is a
man almost as bad as | am So /
dropped my Bib'e and fell down on
NV knees, ard said, Lord, l am as
bad as that thief: will You save me
lust like You did hing My Bible
had dropped down open, and as ]
Enclosed my eyes after praying this,
they fell on these words: Verify,
saw unto thee, To-day shalt thou
be with me in paradise ] took
them as my answer. | did notsthink
[ was going to die, almost wished
| was, but [ thought Jesus had sent
Nthese words to tell me He had for
given me. So went down Oh nv
knees again and thanked Him. OF
course ! was ignorant, but bit by biz
[ saw just the way ofsalvation. At
first. / had only come to the Saviour,
and ] never doubted He had saved
me before l saw the way.
you will wonder, perhaps, how l
could be so ignorant; but | had no
pious parents. l was an orphan,
and went to sea very young, and
never read my Bible, so l thought
peOple got Go heaven by turning
over a new leaf and being good, and
saving long prayers, and some day
| ment to begin to be good. Then
Jim died for me, and that set me
thinking in earnest. Well ma am, it
was not long after this day l have
been telling YOU about, that l dis
covered all about the way-hOw Je-
sus had died instead of me, and ia
ken away all my sins by His preci-
GUS blood, and how His blood was
on me instead of my sins, and
that was how | could be brought to
God now, and taken to heaven by
and.bv. for the blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanseth us from all sin,
and it's only sin that keeps us away
from God. At first, ma'am, it was
Jim's watery grave that stood be-
tween me and my old sins, and since
then. ma am, it is another death-it.
is the blessed Lords own death that
comes between, for He died for those
very sins /; and so | feel as if | did
not belong to myself at all My
earthly life has been bought by
blood. and my eternal life has been
bought for Inc BY blood, and next
to seeing the Lord HIMSELF | do
long to see Jim shine up there.
And now let me ask you, my
reader, the same question my sailor
friend asked me-"Are you saved
or lost yourself? l mean, Do you
know Jesus?r And if before God,
YOU can say, 81 am saved by the
blood of Jesus, and safe for all
eternity" then let me leave with
you the verse that my mornings
conversation left with me- n
Eye are nos your own. For se
are bought with a price; therefore
glorify God III your body and in
your spirit, which are Gods" y.
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