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great sinner, and he appeared to me as a deliverer from sin. O! the mercy."

"How could he be a deliverer?"

"It is because he was the Son of God that came into the world to seek and save that which was lost."

Here he drew near to me and rested his arm upon my knee.

"Do you ever have any affecting views of his character?"

"Very often, very often. And it is my daily desire and striving to know more and more and more of his character."

"What are the views you have of him?"

"He appears to me daily as the Saviour of the world, able and willing to save all who come to God by him."

"How do others appear to you in comparison with him?"

"Nothing but chaff before the wind, and the things of the earth appear as dust compared with the glory of the Son of God."

"How can he bear to be seen by such a sinner as you and I?"

"Because he bears with us a long time