Melbourne House, Volume 1 by Susan Warner
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right for you. Did you never pray to him?"
"No, sir--not ever." "My lamb," said Mr. Dinwiddie, "he will hear you, if you never prayed to him before. I will shew you the word of his promise." And he opened a pocket-Bible and found the place of these words which he gave Daisy to read. "'_I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh; that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God_.' Now is that what you want, Daisy?" "Yes, sir; only I don't know how." "Never mind; the Lord knows. He will make it all right, if only you are willing to give yourself to be his little servant." "I will give him all I have got, sir," said Daisy, looking up. "Very well; then I will shew you one thing more--it is a word of the Lord Jesus. See--'_If ye love me, keep my commandments_.' Now I want you to keep those two words, and you can't remember where to find them again--I must let you take this book with you." And Mr. Dinwiddie folded down leaves in the two places. "But Mr. Dinwiddie,"--said Daisy softly--"I don't know when I can get it back to you again, sir." "Never mind--keep it, and when you don't want it, give it to some poor |
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