A vessel crossing the Bay of Biscay fell in with a disabled ship. By the fury of the sea it had been reduced to a mere hulk; its masts and boats were all swept away, and apparently there was not a living soul on board.

The captain of the ship, not liking to pass by the derelict without seeing if there were any onboard, sent a boat to see. The sailors reached the vessel, and got on board. For some time their search was fruitless, but finally they found a human being rolled in coverings. It was a man, reduced to skin and bone and not able to help himself. They took him up and brought him to the ship. The people gathered round to see this strange wreck of a man who as yet had not spoken.

Presently, as they were gazing upon him, to their surprise he said, "There's another man!" "Another man!" meaning that another man was on the doomed ship. The mariners went, searched, and found him, and brought him in safety to the ship; and both were saved.

Is there not a voice to us in this ? Being saved ourselves out of the sinking wreck of this world, we are conscious that others are there in danger of being lost for ever, and the Captain of our salvation bids us to search for the other man.

As soon as this poor man was saved the instincts of his heart made him think of the "other man," who must inevitably perish, if not rescued. Brother, sister, let us think of "the other man." A. E.