He ain't got nothin' to make out of you: neither have I: so you needn't be afraid to take my word for it.

I'll tell you some of the things he said.' Then he read me a lot of things that did make me feel lots better.

Why, Nan, that man Jesus was so sorry for men in jail that He went back on some high-toned folks that didn't visit 'em: just think of that! "After a while the man said, 'You seem to be feelin' better.' "'So I am,' said I.
"'Then believe in him,' says he, 'an' you'll feel better always.' "'I've been told that before,' says I, 'but I don't know how.' "The man looked kind o' puzzled like, an' at last says he,-- "'What's yer politics ?' "'I'm a Jackson Democrat,' says I.
"'All right,' says he, 'but Andrew Jackson's dead, ain't he ?' "'So I've heerd,' said I.
"'But you still believe in him ?' says he.
"'Of course,' said I.
"'Well,' says he, 'just believe in Jesus like you do in Andrew Jackson, and you'll be all right in the course of time.

Believe that what He said was true, an' get your mind full of what He said, an' keep it full, remindin' yourself over an' over again for fear you forget it or other things'll put it out of your mind, an' you'll be happier while you're in jail, an' you won't get back here again, nor in any other jail, after you've been let out.' "Well, that was encouragin', for I didn't want to get in no jails no more.

When the man went away he left me a little book that didn't have nothin' in it but things Jesus Himself said.