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 Having heard of Orange Street Chapel, Portsea, he eamecame [sic] on the first Sabbath evening after his leaving the hospital. The text that evening was Mark v. 15. "And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and elothedclothed [sic], and in his right mind." The minister represented this demoniaedemoniac [sic] as a fit emblem of sinners in general; but espeeiallyespecially [sic] of those who live without rule and order, drunkards, blasphemers, and injurious to themselves, and others; but his sitting at the feet of Jesus, elothedclothed [sic], and in his right mind, as an engaging representation of the sinner eonvertedconverted [sic] to God by the gospel, made sensible of the evil of sin, the value of his soul, and the neeessitynecessity [sic] of salvation through a erucifiedcrucified [sic] Redeemer; enjoying peacepeacee [sic] of mind, having fellowship with Christ and his people, submitting to the authority of the SeripturesScriptures [sic], and reevingreceiving [sic] instruetionsinstructions [sic] from Christ the Friend of sinners. Covey listened with attention and surprise; wondered how the minister should know him among so many hundred people, or who eouldcould [sic] have told him his eharaetercharacter [sic] and state of mind. His astonishment was still more inereasedincreased [sic], when he found him deseribedescribe [sic], as he thought, the whole of his life, and even his seeretsecret [sic] sins. He eouldcould [sic] not aeeountaccount [sic] for it, why a minister should make a sermon all about him, a poor wooden-legged sailor. His sins, being brought afresh to his mind, filled him with horrors tenfold more gloomy than before. Despair, for some minutes, took a firm hold on his spirits; and he thought he was now going out of his mind, should die, and be lost; till the minister deelareddeclared [sic] Jesus Christ was as willing to save the vilest of sinners, as he was to relieve this poor ereaturecreature [sic] possessed of the devil; and that a man was restored to his right mind when he believed in him. He now began to understand the true interpretation of his dream. He thought he had been out of his mind all his life, and that to love and serve Jesus Christ would be a restoration to his right senses again. He was now almost overwhelmed with pleasure. While hearing of the astonishing love of Jesus Christ to sinners, hope took the plaeeplace [sic] of despair, and joy of grief and horror! Those eyes which had never shed a tear when he lost his legs, nor when the shattered parts of his limbs were amputated, now wept in copious streams, flowing from strong sensations of mingled joy and sorrow!

Some weeks after this, he ealledcalled [sic] and related to me the