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38 us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”

following Sabbath was a joyful day with us. Our morning Bible-class, which we held as usual among ourselves, was pleasant and profitable, and our afternoon sermon very solemn. In consequence of a special invitation, five men were present, who, for eight weeks past, had not walked the length of the deck to attend public worship. The captain listened eagerly, and with a visible agitation; afterward he read attentively in “Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul."

Strange to say, up to this time he had supposed his concern of mind to be known only to himself; but the change in his bearing had been for some days too great to pass unnoticed. He was serious in his deportment, and kind