SALVATION'S SWIFT MIRACLE

A very godless man, noted for his profanity, was one day carrying freight up a gangplank to a big steamer. A man following him accidentally jostled him, and the blasphemer fell into the water, between the wharf and the boat. His last utterance was a horrible oath, a curse upon his comrade. He immediately disappeared. After some time he was rescued from beneath the boat, apparently drowned. Strenuous efforts put forth to resuscitate him were finally successful. With his first breath he cried out, “Praise God, I’m saved!” “Yes, you were pretty nearly gone,” someone replied. “Oh,” he said, “I don’t mean saved from drowning. I mean saved inside. The Lord has washed my sins away.” Then he told them that when he found himself beneath the boat, he thought the end had come. In those few seconds he saw himself kneeling again at his mother’s side, and heard her prayers for him. His sin, as a high mountain, rose before him, and he cried to God to save him. In that moment he received forgiveness, and the cleansing of the Blood of Jesus Christ. It was for this salvation that he praised God with his first breath. - Alliance Weekly