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100 more of this great and kind God. He went to a captain who was about to sail for England, and with tears, kneeling, he begged for permission to sail in the ves- sel; he would do anything, no matter how disagreeable; he would work night and day, only let him go. The captain, moved by his tears and entreaties, con- sented. REDEMPTION. When the ship arrived in London, the old man fancied that now he had arrived in this happy land, all would be well. He left the ship, and the first person he met he asked "To tell him of the Chris- tian's God who paid the debt." The man Digitized by Google