28 True Nobles and Heroes.

steamer’s deck! The passengers and sailors

crowded round the mate, and watched as

that poor little waif knelt down in the circle,

and clasping his hands together, began,

‘Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed

be Thy name; Thy kingdom come,” &c, ;

and when he had finished the prayer, which

the Lord taught His Jewish disciples, he

added the simple words, “ Lord Jesus, take

me to heaven when I die in a few minutes,

to be for ever with Thee. Amen.” There

was not a dry eye in all that company, as

the mate clasped the little fellow in his

arms, and told him he believed the truth

of his story. On the spot, a collection was

made for the boy ; and during the remainder

of the voyage, no one was more kind to the

little fellow than the mate. .

In the “ Girls” Training Home, Edinburgh,

one of the girls lay dying. She had been ill

for a long time. One of our city ministers
put the question to her, ‘Are you ready
to die?” She gave as noble a reply as ever
was uttered by the mouth of man: “I am
not afraid to die, for Jesus has taken my
sins away.”