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           Thisday—the29thofOctober—happenedtobeaSunday,and,beforegoingtobed,HerbertaskedtheengineerifhewouldnotreadthemsomethingfromtheGospel.

           "Willingly,"repliedCyrusHarding.

           Hetookthesacredvolume,andwasabouttoopenit,whenPencroftstoppedhim,saying,—"Captain,Iamsuperstitious.Openatrandomandreadthefirstversewhich,youreyefallsupon.Wewillseeifitappliestooursituation."

           CyrusHardingsmiledatthesailor’sidea,and,yieldingtohiswish,heopenedexactlyataplacewheretheleaveswereseparatedbyamarker.

           Immediatelyhiseyeswereattractedbyacrosswhich,madewithapencil,wasplacedagainsttheeighthverseoftheseventhchapteroftheGospelofSt.Matthew.Hereadtheverse,whichwasthis:—

           "Foreveryonethataskethreceiveth;andhethatseekethfindeth."

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