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not spurn the penitential prayer. ‘Thy sins be
forgiven thee.’ Mine, even mine, may be
forgiven!”
A tide of sacred joy would fill the heart, and
the name of Jesus would be magnified by
praise and thanksgiving. Those happy souls
returned to their homes to diffuse light, to
repeat to others, as well as they could, their
new experience; that they had found the true
and living Way. There was a strange and
solemn power in the words of Scripture that
spoke directly to the hearts of those who
were longing for the truth. It was the voice of
God, and it carried conviction to those who
heard.
The messenger of truth went on his way; but
his appearance of humility, his sincerity, his
earnestness and deep fervor, were subjects of
frequent remark. In many instances his
