Rescue Work

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A large steamer was voyaging homeward. In wild weather and growing darkness a black man fell overboard. Instantly the vessel was stopped, the engines reversed, the boats lowered, and the energy of every officer and man of the crew devoted to the man’s rescue. A native Indian prince was on board, and, seeing all this, broke out in surprise to the captain: “What! You delay the passage of His Majesty’s mails, lose hours of your run, and your boats and men, for that Negro fireman?” “Certainly,” replied the captain, “and I would risk the loss of my propeller and smokestack to pick up the poorest laborer in my company. But Jesus laid down His own life to save you and me.”

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