He drew a picture of the suffering Savior, crying out between darting pains the words of the sentence, the most sublime ever uttered: "Lord forgive them for they know not what they do." Belton was melted to tears of repentance for his unholy passion.
Before the president left Belton's side he felt sure that henceforth a cardinal principle of his life would be to allow God to avenge all his wrongs.

It was a narrow escape for Belton; but he thanked God for the lesson, severe as it was, to the day of his death.

The world will also see how much it owes to God for planting that lesson in Belton's heart.
Let us relate just one more incident that happened at the winding up of Belton's school life.

As we have intimated, one young lady, a student of the school, was very near to Belton.

Though he did not love her, his regard for her was very deep and his respect very great.
School closed on Thursday, and the students were allowed to remain in the buildings until the following Monday, when, ordinarily, they left.
The young men were allowed to provide conveyances for the young ladies to get to the various depots.