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‘I have been, and still am, a great sinner. Oh,
that I knew better how I could be saved.’

‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved,’ said Paul, in a firm voice. ‘ That
is God’s loving message. Hesends no other; and,
captain, if all the ministers of your country were to
come to you, they could bring you no other. If
you do believe on Jesus, and are to die this very
day, He says to you just what He said when
hanging on the cross on Calvary to the dying thief,
“ This night thou shalt be with me in paradise.”’

The captain was greatly moved, and I heard
him, between his sobs, exclaiming, ‘ Lord, I believe,
help Thou my unbelief.’

Oh how necessary is that prayer! and I am
sure it is one which is always answered, when the
sinner is truly desirous of turning from his sins,
and is seeking, by every means in his power, to
strengthen his belief,

I had got out my Bible several days before,
and I now read it constantly to the captain, as well
as to myself. Whenever I came to a passage
which seemed to meet his case, he desired me to
read it over and over again. Notwithstanding this,
the desire was strong within him to recover, for the