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Pastor J.
H. Crowell, when about sixteen, shipped on a sailing vessel, where he was the
only Christian, in a crew of twelve. Before leaving his mother he promised to
meet her three times a day at the throne of grace. So regularly he went below
and prayed aloud. He thought he must. They threw wood at him and poured
buckets of water over him, but could not put out the fire in his soul. Then
they tied him to the mast and laid thirty-nine stripes on his back. Still he
prayed. They tied a rope around his body and threw him overboard. He swam as
best he could, and when he took hold of the side of the ship they pushed him
off with a pole. At last his strength gave way, and, supposing they meant to
kill him, he prayed that God would forgive them, and called out: "Send
my body to my mother and tell her that I died for Jesus." He was then
pulled on deck unconscious, but after some time came to. Conviction began to
seize the sailors. Before night two of them were gloriously converted. Inside
of a week every one on board, including the captain, was blessedly saved. --
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2700-PLUS SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS By Duane V. Maxey |