be a _new_ one for the time to
come. I want to forsake all my evil ways and thoughts, and evil words,
and evil companions; and to do what God bids me, and what you tell me is
right, sir, and what I read of in my Bible. But I am afraid I do not, my
heart is so full of sin. However, sir, I pray to God to help me. My
days will be few; but I wish they may be spent to the glory of God."

"The blessing of the Lord be upon you, Jane; so that whether you live,
you may live to the Lord; or whether you die, you may die unto the Lord;
and that, living or dying, you may be the Lord's. What is the next thing
mentioned?"

"To have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, sir."

"Do you believe that God is merciful to you in the pardon of your sins?"

"I do, sir," said the child earnestly.

"And if he pardons you, is it for your own sake, Jenny?"

"No, sir, no; it is for Christ's sake--for my Saviour Jesus Christ's
sake, and that only. Christ is all."

"Can you trust him?"

"Sir, I must not mistrust him; nor would I, if I might."

"Right, child; he is worthy of all your trust."

"And then, sir, I am to have a thankful remembrance of his death. I can
never think of his dying, but I think also what a poor unworthy creature
I am; and yet he is so good to me. I wish I _could_ thank him--sir, I
have been reading about his death--how could the people do as they did to
him?--but it was all for our salvation. And the thief on the cross--that
is beautiful. I hope he will remember me too, and that I shall always
remember him and his death most thankfully."

"And lastly, Jenny, are you in charity with all men? Do you forgive all
that have offended you? Do you bear ill-will in your heart to anybody?"

"Dear sir, no! how can I? If God is good to me, if he forgives me, how
can I help forgiving others? There is not a person in all the world, I
think, sir, that I do not wish well to for Christ's sake, and that from
the bottom of my heart."

"How do you feel towards those bold, wanton, ill-tempered girls at the
next door, who jeer and mock you so about your religion?"

"Sir, the worst thing I wish them is, that God may give them grace to
repent; that he may change their hearts, and pardon all their wicked ways
and words. May he forgive them, as I do with all my soul!"

She ceased--I wished to ask no more. My heart was full. "Can this be
the religion of a child?" thought I. "O that we were all children like
her!"