THE CAPTAIN RECOVERS, 67

for the captain might descend on me also ; for had
begun to discover that my heart was very hard,
and prone to evil, and that I had no love for Jesus,
no desire to obey His law. Thus the truths of the
gospel, as they fell from the lips of the black sailor,
first came home to my heart.

Several days passed by—the ‘ Chieftain’ was
got ready for sea, and the captain considered him-
self well enough to take the command.