I told him I'd heerd of Him before, 'cause I'd been to revival meetin's an' been preached to lots by one man an' another.

He said that wasn't exactly the way he wanted me to think about Him,--said Jesus used to be alive and go around bein' sorry for folks that was in trouble, an' He once comforted a thief that was bein' killed in a most uncomfortable way, though Jesus was havin' a hard time of it Himself about that time.
"That hit me where I lived, for I--well, you know what I was sent up for.

He said Jesus was God, but he came here to show men how to live, an' he wanted me to think about Him only as a man, while I was in trouble.

He said the worse off a man was, the more sorry Jesus was for him: so I said,-- "'I wish He was here now, then.' "'He _is_ here, my friend,' said the man.

'He's here, though you can't see Him.