them to acknowledge a glorious truth and reality ⟨in⟩ the grace of God.— (Evangelical Magazine.)
The Conversion of a Libertine.
A certain libertine, of a most abandoned ⟨character⟩, happened accidentally to stroll into a ⟨church⟩, where he heard the fifth chapter of ⟨Genesis⟩ read; importing that so long lived such ⟨persons⟩, and yet the conclusion was “they died.”
⟨Enos⟩ lived 905 years and he died— Seth, 912 and ⟨he⟩ died— Methuselah, 969 and he died. The ⟨frequent⟩ repetitions of the words he died, notwithstanding the great length of years they had ⟨lived⟩, struck him so deeply with the thought of ⟨death⟩ and eternity, that through divine grace, he ⟨became⟩ a most exemplary christian.
Conversion of a father by means of a child.
The father of the Rev. John Baily, an ⟨eminent⟩ divine, who died in New England, 1697, was ⟨a⟩ man of a very licentious conversation. His ⟨wife⟩ a serious christian, one day called the family ⟨together⟩, and engaged young Baily, then a child, ⟨but⟩ remarkable for piety, to pray with them. The ⟨father⟩ being informed in what a wonderful way ⟨his⟩ son had prayed, was struck with a deep ⟨conviction⟩, which proved the beginning of his ⟨conversion⟩ to God: so that he became one of the ⟨most⟩ eminent ehristians in the neighbourhood ⟨where⟩ he lived— (Lancashire.) He would ⟨sometimes⟩ retire with his child in his hand to the ⟨scenes⟩ of his former wickedness, and there pour ⟨out⟩ floods of tears in prayer before the Lord.
