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“EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH” (Luke 13:3) He read the words, but tne Sword of the Spirit went through his soul in a moment, and he preached as one who scarce knew what he said. The hand of God laid hold upoD him, and, intending to mock, he could only fear and tremble. When he descended from the table, a profound silence reigned in the com pany, and not one word was said about the wager.
Thorpe instantly withdrew, and after a season of the deepest distress, passed into the full light of the Gospel, and became a preacher of the grace of God, that had met him, a sinner in his sins, on the way to hell, which he felt he richly deserved, and had revealed to him a Saviour, whose precious Blood could cleanse him, and make nim nt for the very glory of God. His message was that the work of Christ was so perfect and complete that the vilest sinner might be saved, who came to Him in repentance and faith.
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