26 EDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER.

taught in the Sunday school. She
told her to go to Christ with frequent
prayer, and to beg him to forgive her
sins of his free mercy, and to give
her a new heart by the grace of his
Holy Spirit. “Thus,” said aunt Mary,
“you will learn to love him, and to
take delight in doing his will. When
you believe that he has blotted out
your sins, and given you peace with
God, through his blood which was
shed upon the cross, your heart will
be filled with thankfulness, and with
an earnest desire to give yourself to
his service. Then, having yourself
found mercy, you will long that others
may also be brought to Christ; so
that if you engage in the Sunday
school, you will not be content with
just teaching the children to read:
you will wish them to understand the