gave  me  some  acconnt  of  hU  history  and  m
stances ;  assared  me  that  his  crime  was  d
meditated  for  a  single  moment,  and  tbatl
horrified  when  he  saw  his  victim  liftleaS^
feet.  He  accused  himself  with  mach  mor«
estness,  and  said  that  night  and  day  he
trying  to  bumble  himself  aud  to  find  f<
ness.  4

It  must  not  be  supposed,  that  np  to  tfafl
the  law  only  had  beeu  held  up.  The  mc
God,  the  merits  of  the  Saviour,  the  ei«
of  faith,  were  often  alluded  to,  although  i
ance  had  beeu  kept  in  the  foreground.     4

Now,  however,  I  dropped  that  then
spoke  to  him  of  mercy ;  and  on  sever^
sions,  and  with  many  words,  sought  to  pei
him  that  Christ  Jesus  came  into  the  wo
save,  not  good  people,  but  sinners.  Tl
sheep,  the  prodigal  son,  the  mercy  sho"
Peter,  to  Saul,  to  the  dying  thief, — thea
like  instances  of  mercy,  were  pressed  upa
aud  he  was  urged  to  trust  the  Savionr.      I

I  tried  to  explnin  to  him  the  nature  I
saving  trust,  and,  in  appearance,  he  gram
meaning  of  it.  1

And  now  he  expressed  the  difficulty  tl
felt  no  sense  of  pardon;  bis  chain  was  h
he  could  not  feel  that  he  was  foi-given.
VraiTATION   OP   PIIISONERS.
