the hour of ten o'clock
Go with a penitent heart to the throne of your Redeemer , who , if your repentance be sincere , will in no wise cast you out . Unhappy youth , prepare yourself , let me implore you , for an infinitely greater and more awful tribunal than this . There , should the judgment be in your favor , you will learn that the fate , which has cut you off in the bloom of early life , will bring an accession of happiness to your being for which no earthly enjoyment here , however prolonged or exalted , could compensate you . The recommendation of the jury to the mercy of the crown , in consideration of your youth and previous good conduct , will not be overlooked ; but in the mean time the court is bound to pronounce upon you the sentence of the law , which is , that you be taken from the prison from which you came , on the eighth of next month , at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon , to the front drop of the jail , and there hanged by the neck , until you be dead ; and may God have mercy on your soul ! '' `` My lord , '' said the prisoner , unmoved in voice or in manner , unless it might be that both expressed more decision and energy than he had shown during any other part of the trial ; `` my lord , I am now a condemned man , but if I stood with the rope about my neck , ready to die , I would not exchange situations with the man that has : been my accuser . My lord , I can forgive him , and I ought , for I know he has yet to die , and must meet his God . As for myself , I am thankful that I have not such a conscience as his to bring before my Judge ; and for this reason I am not afraid to die . ''