I have on board;
Above the raging of the gale
I hear my Lord.’
Ah, mistress, it’s one thing to have to face the storm alone, but quite another to meet it with Christ. I could now understand what Charlie meant when he said, ‘The inner storm was stilled, and so the outside storms couldn’t alarm him.’ One had come by and said unto my soul, all tossed with sin and misery, ‘Peace, be still,’ and now ‘there was a great calm.’
‘I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad:
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.’”
Mrs. Morris was deeply touched and interested in the poor man’s story. As she rose to go, she turned once more to look at the little Bible which had been so blessed to him and others, and on opening it her eyes caught sight of the name, “Morley,” written on the fly-leaf. On examining it more closely she was still more astonished at the inscription, which was as follows:
“Given to Charles Green,
on leaving the Ragged School,
with the best wishes of his sincere friend and teacher,
Susan Morley.