They had sent
deputation after deputation to the Governor, but he had told them all
that the law must take its course. When they began to give up hope, the
Governor went down to the prison and asked the sheriff to take him to
the cell of the condemned man. The Governor was conducted into the
presence of the criminal, and he sat down by the side of his bed and
began to talk to him kindly--spoke to him of Christ and heaven, and
showed him that although he was condemned to die on the morrow by
earthly judges, he would receive eternal life from the Divine Judge if
he would accept salvation. He explained the plan of salvation, and when
he left him he committed him to God. When he was gone the sheriff was
called to the cell by the condemned man. "Who was that man?" asked the
criminal, "who was in here and talked so kind to me?" "Why," said the
sheriff, "that was Governor Pollock." "Was that Governor Pollock? O
Sheriff, why didn't you tell me who it was? If I had known that was him,
I wouldn't have let him go out till he had given me pardon. The Governor
has been here--in my cell--and I didn't know it," and the man wrung his
hands and wept bitterly. My friends, there is one greater than a
Governor here to-night.
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