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 of them; and determined to give himself up to God, to serve him in holiness and righteousness all the days of his life; trusting his soul to the Lord Jesus Christ, to save him from eternal misery. He was sensible that his own goodness could not save him, and therefore esteemed it a great mercy that God would save him through the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

When he arrived at Wedgley, the pious clergyman, and his other friends were rejoiced to find that God had dealt so graciously with him, and made him a Christian in reality, as well as in name. They got him the place of foreman to a neighbouring farmer, who being frequently troubled with the rheumatism, could not always work at his farm. Sally Rosebud, his pretty cherry-cheeked daughter, soon conceived a sneaking kindness for Benjamin, who thought he discovered in her every thing he could wish for in woman. The good old farmer presently perceived it, and wisely considering that a pious husband would make his pious daughter happier than a rich one, cheerfully gave his consent, and Benjamin Gracious and Sally Rosebud were accordingly married. Mrs. Gracious is just recovered from her first lying in, having produced her husband a fine chubby boy.