Adventures and adventurers > Voyages and travels of a Bible

OF A BIBLE.
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tunity of conversing with mo almost from morning to even¬
ing. I desired him to continue in the faith of my instruc¬
tions, and persevere in humble and holy walking; and ho
should certainly possess the crown of life.
One day, when his master called to see him, he told him
he meant to leave me as a legacy to him, and begged he would
treat me with civility and affection. He descanted on my
qualifications, such as the variety of useful informatien which
I was able to communicate, of my unchangeable veracity,
and strict fidelity. He assured his master, also, that I would
make men wise unto everlasting salvation ; that I had con¬
vinced him of sin, righteousness, and judgment to come, all
which were necessary in this life to he known and believed ;
and that I had introduced him to the acquaintance of his
God, and of his Saviour, and of all the ahgclic hosts, who had
ministered unto him ever since. He then thanked his mas¬
ter for the kindness he had shewn him for many years, and
played fervently that the God of Abraham might bless, pro¬
tect, and reward him, and that both of them might meet at
the right hand of Jesus, their Judge. Then his master took
an affectionate farew'ell. On his arrival at home, he related
i the interview he had had with old Teito, which excited the
rest of the family to visit him frequently, and they always
brought with them some cordial to revive the heart of old
Teito.
In a few weeks, he breathed his spirit into the hands of
his heavenly Father, just after he had recommended the
Saviour to the notice of one of the young ladies, who ran
heme in a flood of tears, to tell hor father that Toito was now
i no more. ‘ Blessed are the dead,’ said I to those who wrere
| present, ‘ who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours,
r and their works do follow them.’
After the death of Tcito, I lay Unobserved in his hut for
i a time; till a young black slave carried me to a distant plan-
' tation, and exhibited me to his companions as a great curio-
i sity. Many of the slaves, who had been but lately imported
from the coast of Guinea, could not conjecture what use I was
t for. However, Susanna, a female slave, who had been taught
to read, said she could make me speak ; accordingly, I was
handed to her, when I at the first opening said, ‘ Unto you,
I'j 0 men, do Lcall, ami my voice is to the sons of men.’ In a
| little after, I repeated the second chapter of the Ephesians.
None of them could comprehend what I meant by being
‘ dead in sins,’ or by ‘ the spirit that Worketh in the childreu
| of disobedience nor what I meant by ‘ children, of wrath,’
i or by ‘God who is rich in mercy;’ or by being ‘saved by
I grace.’ Of these things, they had never heard. Tboso pool’