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You remember that fearful shipwreck of the steamer Atlantic, which took place some years ago on the coast of Halifax. Hundreds of lives were lost, and dreadful scenes were witnessed on that occasion. Among the passengers on board that steamer was a merchant from Boston, who was a Christian man. When his family heard of the wreck they were in great distress. How anxiously they waited to hear from him! How eagerly they examined the newspapers, and read over the list of the lost to see if his name was among them! But God ordered it so that this gentleman was permitted to get safe to shore. As soon as he could reach the telegraph office he sent a telegram home to his family. There was but a single word in that telegram; but, O, it was worth more to his distressed family than all the world. It was the word Saved. And when that merchant returned home, he had that telegram framed, and hung up in his office with that important word — Saved — in it, so that he might see it every day, and be reminded of God's great goodness in sparing his life. Yet it was only that merchant's body that was saved then. And this is nothing compared to the soul. But when we become the sheep of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, He engages to save our souls in heaven forever.

(Dr. Talmage.)

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KJV: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

WEB: He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.