the sinner the first thing. That is a queer way of reasoning, but
God's thoughts are not our thoughts; and so, my friends, if you want
to be saved, the Lord says He will pardon you.

THE GOVERNOR IN THE CONDEMNED CELL.

A few years ago, when Pennsylvania had a Christian governor, there was
a young man down in one of the counties who was arrested for murder.
He was brought before the court, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to
death. His friends thought there would be no trouble in getting a
reprieve or pardon. Because the governor was a Christian man, they
thought he would not sign the death-warrant. But he signed it. They
called on the governor, and begged of him to pardon the young man. But
the governor said, "No, the law must take its course, and the man must
die." I think the mother of the young man called on the governor and
pleaded with him, but the governor stood firm, and said, "No, the man
must die." A few days before the man was executed, the governor took
the train to the county where the man was imprisoned. He went to the
sheriff of the county, and said to him, "I wish you to take me to that
man's cell, and leave me alone with him a little while, and do not
tell him who I am till I am gone." The governor went to the prison,
and talked to the young man about his soul, and told him that although
he was condemned by man to be executed, God would have mercy upon him
and save him, if he would accept pardon from God. He preached Christ,
and told him how Christ came to seek and to save sinners; and having
explained as he best knew how the plan of salvation, he got down and
prayed, and after praying he shook hands with him and bade him
farewell. Some time after the sheriff passed by the condemned man's
cell, and he called him to the door of the cell, and said, "Who was
that man that talked and prayed with me so kindly?" The sheriff said,
"That was Governor Pollock." The man turned deathly pale, and he threw
up both his hands, and said, "Was that Governor Pollock? was that
kind-hearted man the governor? Oh, sheriff, why did you not tell me?
If I had known that was the governor, I would have fallen at his feet
and asked for pardon; I would have pleaded for pardon and for my life.
Oh, sir, the governor has been here, and I did not know it."

RECONCILIATION.

Sinner, I have got good news to tell you. There is one greater than
the governor here to-night, and He wants to pardon every one. He does
not want you to go