a soul to save?

to save you

Have you learned that Jesus died that He bled on the cruel cross for your sins? Yes, "He was wounded for our transgressions." Have you ever thanked Him for suffering for you for taking the punishment you deserved ? If you have not, what a hard heart you must have! I should think you would want to get rid of it as quickly as possible.

Do you know how you can do this? I will tell you. In Ezekiel xxxvi. 26, the Lord says: "A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh." This is what God is willing for Jesus' sake to do. But you have something to do too. You must ask Him for this new heart; for in the thirty-seventh verse of this same chapter, the Lord saith, "I will for this be inquired of."

If you, my little reader, will go away and ask God, for Jesus' sake, to forgive you all your naughty sins and give you a new heart, He will do it in a minute. And then, with the writer of this sweet

"O WHAT A WICKED GIRL I'VE BEEN!"

letter, you can say, "I love so much to read and hear about Jesus."

Do you know what is the greatest sin you ever committed? I fear you will not believe me if I tell you; but it is quite true. I pray that God may show you that the very worst thing you have ever done has been to neglect, and reject, and despise Jesus.

When this child saw how she had been rejecting the dear Saviour, she cried out, "OH, WHAT A WICKED GIRL I HAVE BEEN TO REJECT JESUS!" And when you come to see how you have been treating Him who has been so long knocking at the door of your heart, you will feel so too. I hope you may before you lay down this paper.

Oh, how strange that you should reject One who loves you, and who has done more for you than any friend on earth! I hope you will not do so any more. Just fall into His loving arms, and He will forgive you all your sins, and make you a happy, obedient child.

But I think you had rather read the words of one

nearer your own age than I am; so I shall not keep you longer from reading her note.

"I think I have found the dear Saviour; I feel so very happy. When I first began to love Jesus I had a great many doubts, and often thought I did not love Jesus; I was almost in despair. When you came and spoke to me and prayed with me, I began to feel a little better. The first time I went to your meetings, I would not stay to the inquiry meeting, but I went home quite serious, and prayed that night as I never prayed before. After I thought I had found the Saviour, I would ask myself, 'If I should die would I go to heaven to be with Jesus?' Something would say no, and then yes. Oh, what a wicked girl I have been to reject Jesus! What a loving Saviour He is. I do not see how any one can reject Jesus. I am only sorry I have not loved Him before. I used to say my prayers, but I did not pray with all my heart. I love so much to read and hear about Jesus; I know I love Jesus, and I do not believe any one could make me think I did

"I FELT I WAS A GREAT SINNER."

not. He is so full of love.

He loves me now, and I hope I may never reject Him, but always cling to Him. Before I know it, I am singing, 'I love Jesus,' 'Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away,' and all about Jesus; I am so happy. I do believe the way to be happy is 'to love Jesus.' Pray that I may be kept in the narrow path which leads to everlasting life; that I may love Jesus more, and never go astray.

Away up in Farmington, in Maine, I saw numbers of children led by God's Spirit to think about Jesus. I am sure you will like to read a letter from a boy there, who says:—

"I FELT I WAS A GREAT SINNER."

I saw this same boy more than a thousand miles away from the place where he first learned to leve Jesus, and heard him pray earnestly that God would help the little children in that Western city to come

to Jesus and get new hearts, that they might be happy here, and go to heaven when they die.

Did you know that Satan is a great liar? He is, for the Bible says he is the "father of lies," and I know he has told me a great many lies. He no doubt told this boy, whose letter you will read below, a great many lies, such as, "You will not enjoy religion if you do become a Christian. You will not love that musty old book the Bible. You will never love to pray; you will find it slow enough work." But this boy must have found him to be a "liar," for he says, "I love to pray, and I love to read my Bible."

"I am going to write and tell you how I found Jesus. I went to the meeting the first night you were here,—not to be converted, but only to hear you speak. Some of the boys staid to the inquirymeeting, and I thought I would. You came and talked to me, and I felt I was a great sinner, and Jesus my best friend. That night I went home and prayed to God to help me. The next morning I