becoming an auctioneer made the people wonder, and in the
midst of a dead silence he said:

"I have more than a title to sell, I have more than the crown of
Europe to sell--it is the soul of Lady Ann Erskine. Is there any one
here who bids for it? Yes, I hear a bid. Satan, Satan, what will you
give?

"'I will give pleasure, honor, riches--yea, I will give the whole
world for her soul.'

"Do you hear another bid? Is there another one? Do I hear another bid?
Ah! I thought so; I hear another bid: the Lord Jesus Christ--what will
you give for this soul?

"'I will give peace, joy, comfort, that the world knows not of--yea, I
will eternal life.'

"Lady Ann Erskine, you have heard the two bidders for your soul; which
will you accept?"

[Illustration: Rev. John Henry Dickerson, Ocala, Fla.
Deputy Grand Master of Florida Free and Accepted Masons.]

And she ordered the door of her carriage to be opened, and came
weeping and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ. Dear reader, will you do
the same?

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Illustrations have been moved from their original locations to prevent
splitting paragraphs. The page numbers in the List of Illustrations are
for the original printed book.

Table of Contents page numbers put in order: Moved Mrs. Georgia Gordon
Taylor (page 75); originally listed after page 57 in book.

Pg. 53: Changed section to sections (other sections of the country.)

Pg. 78: Changed citzen to citizen (Douglass is the new citizen--).

Pg. 131: Changed our to ours (prosperity as ours is at this late day)

Pg. 176: Changed nothwithstanding to notwithstanding (never harmed,
notwithstanding the number)

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