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"But let us see a little more about what Jesus came on earth for Another time he said, 'I came to seek and to save that which was lost'; and another tihteous but sinners to repentance'

"The LOST!SINNERS!Ah, dear friends, does that mean you and ainst his will by the charm of Dinah's mellow treble tones, which had a variety of modulation like that of a fine instrument touched with the unconscious skill of s she said see e hear it sung by the pure voice of a boyish chorister; the quiet depth of conviction hich she spoke seee He saw that she had thoroughly arrested her hearers The villagers had pressed nearer to her, and there was no longer anything but grave attention on all faces She spoke slowly, though quite fluently, often pausing after a question, or before any transition of ideas There was no change of attitude, no gesture; the effect of her speech was produced entirely by the inflections of her voice, and when she came to the question, "Will God take care of us e die?" she uttered it in such a tone of plaintive appeal that the tears caer had ceased to doubt, as he had done at the first glance, that she could fix the attention of her rougher hearers, but still he wondered whether she could have that power of rousing their more violent emotions, which must surely be a necessary seal of her vocation as a Methodist preacher, until she careat change in her voice andpause before the exclahts that showed themselves in her features Her pale face became paler; the circles under her eyes deepened, as they did when tears half-gather without falling; and theeyes took an expression of appalled pity, as if she had suddenly discerned a destroying angel hovering over the heads of the people Her voice beca could be less like the ordinary type of the Ranter than Dinah She was not preaching as she heard others preach, but speaking directly from her own emotions and under the inspiration of her own simple faith