A sailor, who had been piously trained in early life, but for many years had been the victim of all manner of profligacy, at length, while at sea in the Pacific Ocean, was awakened by the power of the Holy Spirit, and convinced of sin. One night, after turning in, his terror rose to such a pitch, that he dared not shut his eyes lest he should awake in hell; but, at length, overcome with fatigue and weakness, he fell asleep. While in this condition, he dreamed of being in India (where he had formerly been) and hearing a missionary preach on the solemn words, “How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?” He was so moved by the words that he tried to run away, and, in the effort awoke. Then as he says, “the perspiration was pouring from my forehead, and, in the greatest agitation, I opened my long neglected Bible, for I had no other comforter. I read the third chapter of John and there I saw what I needed—I must be born again. I read on and came to the sixteenth verse:—”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” I was deeply impressed by these beautiful words. Does that include me? Yes, I thought, “whosoever” means me. I will cast myself upon that love—that wonderful love which gave the Son of His bosom to die the accursed death of Calvary’s Cross—the just for the unjust—so that He can be just, and yet justify the ungodly who believe in Jesus. And, there, at that midnight hour, far away on the stormy billows, I was enabled to cast my poor guilty soul upon the mercy of God in Christ, having no other plea but the infinite merit of the atoning death of Calvary. While pleading this precious promise I felt peace and comfort within me.—The Christian Treasury.