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humble yourself before him as a
guilty sinner, and ask him to have
mercy upon you for Christ’s sake,
and to bring you to a better mind.”
Aunt Mary then went away, closing
the door after her; and Edith, now
roused to a sense of her sin, knelt
down by the side of her bed, and
wept. She asked herself what were
to become of all her good resolves,
and her love for the Saviour, and
her desire to act according to his
wil}. She felt that she was a griev-
ovs sinner; and having found that
she was unable of herself to keep in
the right way, she prayed that God
would blot out all her offenses through
the blood of his dear Son, and strength-
en her by his Holy Spirit against every
evil thought and deed. Edith then
went humbly to confess her fault to