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224 UNCLE HARRY.

toward me with a countenance beaming with joy. "This," said Mr. W., addressing me, "is Uncle Harry." He reached out his hand and said, "O! why did my God bring me here to-day, to hear what I have heard, and see this salvation?" I asked, "Are, you as ready to depart, Uncle Harry, as good old Simeon was, of whom we read in this chapter?" I shall never forget his look of humble, joyful submission, when he replied, "Just when it shall please my blessed Lord and Master." "You hope to go to heaven?" "Through divine mercy, I do." "What is the foundation of that hope?" "The righteousness of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
8. On perceiving that I wished to converse with the old man, Mr. W. said, with a kindness which showed that he recognised Harry as a Christian brother, and respected his age, "Come, take your seat again, Uncle Harry, and sit up near the fire." He accepted the invitation, and I entered into conversation, which afforded me higher pleasure than I ever enjoyed in the circles of fashion, beauty, wit, and learning. I here send you some of the most interesting particulars.
9. "How old are you, Uncle Harry?" "Why, as nigh as I can tell, I am eighty-nine or thereabout." "Where were you born?" "At Port Tobacco, in Maryland." "And who had you to preach the gospel to you there?" "Ah! we had no preacher of the gospel there at that time." "Then it was

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after you left Port Tobacco, that you embraced religion, was it?" "No, sir, it was while I lived there, and I will tell you how it was: A great many years ago, there was one Dr. Whitefield, that travelled all through this country, preaching the gospel every where--I dare say you have heard of Dr. Whitefield; he was a most powerful preacher.
10. "Well, as I was saying, he went through Maryland; but his place of preaching was so far off, that I did not hear of it until he was gone. But not long afterward, I met a man, an acquaintance of mine, who did hear him. He told me about the sermon; and what I heard opened my eyes to see that I was a poor lost sinner; and ever since that time, I have been determined to seek Jesus as my Saviour, and to spend my life in his service."
11. Happy Whitefield! thought I, and greatly honored of thy Master, who has used thee as his instrument in saving so many souls. "But," said I, "how old were you then?" "Why, as nigh as I can guess, I was somewhere about sixteen or seventeen years old." "And have you never repented of this resolution?" "No, indeed, master; I have never repented of any thing, but that I have served my blessed Saviour so poorly."
12. "But have you not met many trials and difficulties by the way?" "Yes, indeed, master: but out of them all the Lord has delivered me; and having obtained help of God, I continue to this