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 distance. Thither he bent his steps, his kind friend went with him, and told the door-keeper to put him on the front seat. His friend was the minister of that church. During the first part of the service, the old man sat quietly, but when the minister gave for his text the words, "Who himself bear our sins in his own body on the tree," and then asked, "Is there any one here who wishes to hear of the Christian's God who paid the debt?" The old man sprang up and exclaimed, "Yes, it's me, it's me!" The minister answered, "This, then, is he," and he preached to him Christ and him crucified.