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The power of evil spirits was destroyed?
Live not in ignorance of Him who chained
The fiends of darkness, and to all mankind
Offered a free redemption

Witch.

                                  Has the Bible saved me?

Traveller.

The word of God has saved you! Oh repent,
And turn in humble thankfulness to Him
Who will preserve your soul. You now rejoice
Because your wretched body has escaped
From present peril, but a nobler boon
Courts your acceptance. Flee away from sin
And seek a blessed immortality.

Ellinor.

Thanks, thanks, good Sir; it was a happy thought.

Traveller.

Lady, in this my pilgrimage I've learned
In every evil chance of my sad life
To seek for aid, for comfort, and for strength,