Christian herald and signs of our times . e instead of Ibetter. He did not know whether he should ;ever put foot on shipboard again. Dont get dOwn-hearted, said John. I ihope you will soon get about again, but you arewise in considering the other possibility. Thatis a voyage you need to be prepared for. Wehave all got to take it some day, and the sooner iwe prepare for it the happier we are. I neverwas so happy in my life as I have been since Itook my papers under the great Captain. WhenHe calls me Im ready, and its good to feel thatway. I wish youd join ; theres no service likeit. Maybe, John
Christian herald and signs of our times . e instead of Ibetter. He did not know whether he should ;ever put foot on shipboard again. Dont get dOwn-hearted, said John. I ihope you will soon get about again, but you arewise in considering the other possibility. Thatis a voyage you need to be prepared for. Wehave all got to take it some day, and the sooner iwe prepare for it the happier we are. I neverwas so happy in my life as I have been since Itook my papers under the great Captain. WhenHe calls me Im ready, and its good to feel thatway. I wish youd join ; theres no service likeit. Maybe, John ; I guess youre right, but youhad a pretty rough time of it. I couldnt standwhat you did. You must have liked religion agood deal to stick to it after what it cost should have dropped it. Not you, Bob ; not when you found outwhat it was worth. You run up the colors, andyoull never pull em down. Religions a goodthing, anyway, whether you live or die, I dont deny it, John ; but Ive alwaysthought it was better for a man who was going. John Boden Enlists a Recruit. to die than one that had to go before the a hard place. I was not a bad fellow till Iwent there. Now Ive got so used to drinkingand swearing and fighting, I guess Ill have togo to hell if I die. Theres no hope for me. That shows you dont know. Now justlisten, and Ill read you what the rules see, if you really want to ship, the Cap-tain will take you. Boden opened his Bibleand read one invitation after another, endingwith Whosoever will. That fits your case,Bob, he said. No condition at all, only thatyou want to enter the service. But Im such a bad fellow, John—though Ineed not tell you that. I cant think the Lordwould take me if I didnt reform and quit swear-ing and all that. 1( you were going into Uncle Sams service,and knew you were going to have a regular newrig out, vou wouldnt wait to patch up your oldrig, would you ? Thats the case here. > Allthat ever you could do, you could not make
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