"The 'Repulse' was as noble a seventyfour (sailing ship), and the crew were as fine fellows, as ever swam salt water, or went into action." Two of the sailors sat and talked--Harry Williams, who is a Christian, and Tom Brown, who does not understand religious ways. They discuss the questions: Is the Bible true? and How do we know? "Bad men could not write a book so plainly condemning all sin. Good men would not have deceived mankind by pretending that an invention of their own was a divine revelation." Tom's understands his sinful heart, and a need to be born again.